Change Over Time - Earth-Evolution

1.

1 point

What portion of Earth is split into tectonic plates?

Oceanic Crust

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Continental Crust

2.

1 point

What kind of boundary allows Subduction to occur?

Convergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Convection Boundary

3.

1 point

Which is not evidence of continental drift?

Similar fossils on S. America and W. Africa

The creation of the Great Lakes

Tropical plants on Greenland

The age of the sea floor (older rocks farther from ridges)

4.

1 point

At which of these is crust neither created nor destroyed?

Divergent Boundary

Oceanic-Continental Subduction

Transform Boundary

Oceanic-Oceanic Subduction

5.

1 point

These are fossils that help determine the relative age of rock layers?

Trace fossils

Cast fossils

Mold fossils

Index fossils

6.

1 point

A lizard and a bat have similar forelimbs, but they are used in different ways. This _____ is evidence that supports the theory of evolution.

Natural selection

Acquired characteristic

Similarity of structure

Artificial selection

7.

1 point

The earliest living things lived?

On land

In freshwater

In the air

In the ocean

8.

1 point

Which of the following is the proper way to write the scientific name of the briar rose?

Rosa Canina

rosa canina

Rosa canina

rosa Canina

9.

1 point

Which of the following is the correct order of levels in the classification system?

Kingdom, phylum, family, order, class, genus, and specie

Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, and specie

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and specie

Kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, and specie

10.

1 point

Unicellular plantlike organisms began living on Earth 3.8 billion years ago. 1.2 billion years ago, _______ evolved?

Multicellular animal-like organisms

Land organisms

Multicellular plantlike organisms

Unicellular animal-like organisms

11.

1 point

Pre-Cambrian time consists of the Hadeon, Archean, and Proterozoic eons?

True

False

12.

1 point

Oil and Natural Gas are created the same way as coal, but in porous rock?

True

False

13.

1 point

The magnetic field of Earth is caused by the mantle?

True

False

14.

1 point

One of the biggest issues of hydroelectric energy is habitat loss and its effect on surrounding ecosystems?

True

False

15.

1 point

When an oceanic plate and continental plate collide the continental plate will go under the oceanic plate because it is denser?

True

False

16.

1 point

Absolute dating of fossils uses radioactive decay?

True

False

17.

1 point

A segment of DNA that relates to a specific trait is called a strand?

True

False

18.

1 point

An example of being selected “in” is a cockroach and an example of being selected “out” is the dodo bird?

True

False

19.

1 point

The first land animals were mammals?

True

False

20.

1 point

Transitional fossils link modern organism to their ancestors?

True

False