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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Two animals that are closely related would demonstrate which of the following?

a)

low amounts of their DNA sequence in common

b)

high amounts of their DNA sequence in common

c)

similar methods of flying

d)

the same type of habitat

2.

Cows and horses both have hooves on their feet. Which of the following conclusions could be made?

a)

cows descended from a fish

b)

cows and horses can reproduce with each other successfully

c)

cows and horses are in the same species

d)

cows and horses share a common ancestor

3.

What is an adaptation?

a)

a trait that you can acquire in your lifetime to help you survive

b)

an inherited trait that helps you survive and reproduce

c)

a trait that disappears when you are 15 years old

d)

When an animal changes and tries to adapt

4.

Which of the following best describes evolution?

a)

spermocytes disfigure and destroy their spermotaphores

b)

individual animals change over time

c)

individual animals try really hard to grow wings and adapt

d)

populations change over time, not individuals

5.

Which of the following will happen to the giraffe population in a few years?

a)

the genes for long necks will increase in frequency

b)

the genes for short necks will increase in frequency

c)

the short neck giraffes will start trying to grow longer necks

d)

the long neck genes will disappear from the population

6.

This is an example of which of the following?

a)

active transport

b)

natural seleciton

c)

homologous structures

d)

common ancestry

7.

What does fitness mean in biology?

a)

the ability to starve successfully and die

b)

the ability to reproduce asexually

c)

the ability to get killed

d)

the ability to survive and reproduce

8.

Which group of animals has claws or nails?

a)

hagfish, chimpanzee, pigeon

b)

hagfish, salamander

c)

lizard, pigeon, mouse, chimpanzee

d)

salamander, human, mouse

9.

Which of the following levels would indicate the closest relationship? (similar DNA)

a)

kingdom

b)

order

c)

genus

d)

phylum

10.

Rift valleys can from when fractures in Earth's crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

a)

Rift valleys from where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate

b)

Rift valleys form where a plate slides horizontally past another plate

c)

Rift valleys from where two plates move away from each other.

d)

Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.

11.

A mid- ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America. Which statement best describes the relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

a)

The Pacific and Nazca plates are moth moving to the east.

b)

The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west

c)

The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east.

d)

The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west.

12.

The map shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea. What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

a)

The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary

b)

The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

c)

Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.

d)

Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor

13.

RC

a)

Resistance and Capacitance

b)

Radioactive Carbon

c)

Reaction Coefficient

d)

Refractive Coefficient

14.

RC

a)

A type of circuit used to filter signals

b)

A method to measure radiation

c)

A chemical reaction rate

d)

A biological process

15.

RC

a)

The time constant of an RC circuit is the product of resistance and capacitance

b)

The time constant of an RC circuit is the sum of resistance and capacitance

c)

The time constant of an RC circuit is the difference between resistance and capacitance

d)

The time constant of an RC circuit is the ratio of resistance to capacitance