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