2nd Trimester Benchmark Review (Part 2)
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THis is the second part of your benchmark review
- 1.If there is competition for a species to survive, which ones will survive?
- A.
The ones best adapted for their environment
- B.
The fastest ones
- C.
The biggest ones
- D.
The ones that are genetically similar
- 2.In the deepest layer of the Earth, you might find fossils that
- A.
Were dinosaurs
- B.
Lived in the Cenozoic Era
- C.
Look very different from organisms today
- D.
Are very similar to organisms today
- 3.Why do scientists study fossils?
- A.
To collect data about the rock cycle
- B.
To study evolution
- C.
To study the rock cycle
- D.
To collect data about species alive right now
- 4.Comparing similarities between current organisms and fossils gives evidence that what happened?
- A.
What happened 500 years ago
- B.
Extinction of plants and animals
- C.
Jurassic Park the movie
- D.
Evolution
- 5.What does the Law of Superposition state?
- A.
The newest layers are on the bottom
- B.
The newest layers are at the middle
- C.
The oldest layers are at the bottom
- D.
The oldest layers are at the top
- 6.How does metamorphic rock form?
- A.
High temperature and heat
- B.
Only from sedimentary rock
- C.
From fossils
- D.
From the rock cycle
- 7.Which is an example of the Rock Cycle?
- A.
Fossils forming in the sand
- B.
Sedimentary turning into metamorphic rock
- C.
Volcanoes making lava
- D.
Ocean rocks becoming sand
- 8.Which one is evidence that the theory of plate tectonics happened (in terms of life science)?
- A.
Continents fit like puzzle pieces
- B.
The same plants and animals are in North and South America
- C.
There are tropical plant fossils in Antarctica
- D.
The changing climate
- 9.Why are there species found in Australia that are not anywhere else in the world?
- A.
The continents moved and isolated the animals
- B.
There were mass extinctions in Australia
- C.
There is a different climate in Australia
- D.
There is no rhyme or reason to why the animals are different.
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