Science Monthly Exam
  • 1. Scientist frequently use all of the following to support the theory that organisms change over time except
A) similarities in body structure.
B) similarities in early development.
C) similarities in number mates.
D) similarities in DNA.
  • 2. Which fossil is the youngest?
A) fossils A and B are the same age
B) fossil B
C) fossil A
D) fossil C
  • 3. What is the importance of studying fossils?
A) to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed
B) to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions
C) to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions
D) to provide information about current life forms and current environmental conditions
  • 4. Fossils such as __________ provide evidence of past life and environmental conditions.
A) hieroglyphics
B) rocks and sand
C) rare minerals
D) footprints and shells
  • 5. How can fossils tell us about Earth´s past?
A) Fossils can be used to date the time period of rocks and rock layers when the organism lived.
B) Fossils can give clues of changes in the organism´s body structure over time.
C) All of the statements are true.
D) Fossils give clues about environmental changes where the organism lived.
  • 6. Which type of fossil preservation is shown?
A) original remains
B) permineralized remains
C) trace fossil
D) carbon film
  • 7. Scientists have found large groups of fossils of marine organisms on mountaintops. What does this tell scientists about the past?
A) That these rocks must have been moved there by some one else.
B) That these organisms left the ocean and climbed to the top of an inland mountain to die.
C) That these rocks were always above the surface of an ocean.
D) That these rocks were once below the surface of an ocean.
  • 8. Some scientists believe that life on Earth began about 3.5 billion years ago. What do they base this belief on?
A) the distance from the Sun to the Earth
B) the sickness of the mantle
C) the time it takes to orbit the Earth
D) the fossil record
  • 9. Some factors that increase an organism´s preservation potential are:
A) rock cycle processes
B) fossils
C) rapid burial, gentle burial, burrowing animals and hard parts
D) weathering, erosion, plate tectonics
  • 10. Petrification occurs when:
A) the body of an organism leaves an imprint in the sediment.
B) original material that includes mummified fossils and remains preserved in amber, tar pits, or ice.
C) an organism´s body tissues are replaced by minerals and preserve the shape of the organism´s body.
D) an organism dies and the carbon in its body starts to break down.
  • 11. Three different types of tectonic plate boundaries are shown. Which letter describes the type of boundary where magma rises in between two plates and reaches the surface where it eventually cools to form a new rock?
A) B
B) A
C) C
D) A and B
  • 12. The diagram that shows a transform boundary is the one of letter:
A) B and C
B) C
C) B
D) A
  • 13. Convergent boundary is a type of plate boundary in which
A) two plates move toward each other.
B) two plates slide horizontally past each other.
C) two plates move away from each other.
D) two plates move toward and away from each other.
  • 14. It is impossible to directly observe the movement of tectonic plates. In which regions in the diagram is evidence that plate movement exists.
A) Crust, Asthenosphere, Ocean
B) Trench, Volcanic Arc, Continental Crust
C) Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Trench
D) Lithosphere, Oceanic Crust, Continental Crust
  • 15. What feature occurs where plates converge?
A) mid-ocean ridges
B) mountain ranges
C) rift valleys
D) strike slip faults
  • 16. A break in rock along which the ground has moved on either side is:
A) an anticline
B) a syncline
C) a fault
D) a sinkhole
  • 17. Earthquakes release a large amount of energy in the Earth´s crust. Where does this energy come from?
A) the movement of tectonic plates
B) intense radiation from the Sun
C) the gravitational attraction of the Moon
D) strong water currents in the ocean
  • 18. P waves are waves that
A) do not create motion at Earth´s surface.
B) are not originate at the earthquake focus.
C) compress and expand motion in direction of travel and have faster velocity.
D) only travels through solids.
  • 19. What is Pangea?
A) the name of the ancient supercontinent.
B) the process by which tectonic plates move around the Earth.
C) the name of scientist who first discovered plate tectonics.
D) a type of thick, sticky lave
  • 20. The African Rift valley is continuously expanding. What can be concluded about the past from this observation?
A) Rift valleys are a part of every continent.
B) Continents may have broken in the past as well.
C) Two landmasses combined to form Africa.
D) A meteorite collided into this place.
  • 21. What is one difference between the theory of continental drift and the theory of plate tectonics?
A) Only plate tectonics theory explains why mountain ranges are located where they are.
B) Only plate tectonics theory explains the patterns of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on Earth.
C) Only continental drift theory explains why the coastlines of the continents seem to match.
D) Only continental drift theory explains why climates on the continents have changed over time.
  • 22. Which of the following was an important part of the theory of CONTINENTAL DRIFT?
A) The continents of Africa and South America were once joined together as a single landmass.
B) New seafloor is being formed at the mid-ocean ridges as the plates move apart.
C) Continental rocks are much older than the rocks that make up the ocean basins.
D) Old seafloor is diving back into the mantle at subduction zones.
  • 23. Which statement summarizes the theory of plate tectonics?
A) Earth´s crust is made of pieces that move slowly over, against, and apart from each other.
B) Only the continents move, traveling slowly over and through Earth´s crust.
C) All of the continents were once joined together into a single supercontinent.
D) The continents are fixes and have always been located in their present positions.
  • 24. How was the theory of continental drift received by the scientific community when it was first published, and how is it regarded today?
A) It was rejected at the beginning but was later accepted.
B) It was accepted from the beginning and still is today.
C) It was rejected from the start and is still not accepted.
D) It was accepted at first but has since been rejected.
  • 25. Type of rock that is common in volcanically active regions of continental crust.
A) Sedimentary
B) Igneous
C) Metamorphic
  • 26. Asthenosphere Only
A) includes Earth´s crust.
B) is divided into tectonic plates.
C) behaves like a fluid.
  • 27. When plates move apart, magma rises through gaps or holes in the
A) crust.
B) asthenosphere.
C) mountains.
D) core.
  • 28. Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through
A) Earth´s surface.
B) the asthenosphere.
C) space.
  • 29. Read the following scenarios. Then select the one that is least likely to produce an earthquake.
A) Seismic waves.
B) Tectonic plates movement.
C) A volcanic eruption.
D) Building falling apart.
  • 30. Which picture shows a reverse fault?
A) B
B) B and C
C) A
D) C
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