Download Evolution, Plate Tectonics, and Climate Quiz

Evolution, Plate Tectonics, and Climate Quiz
1) What are the essential theories of Earth science?
a) Evolution
b) Plate tectonics
c) Climate change
d) All of the above
2) Which Earth science theory explains the locations of earthquakes and other
geological activity?
a) Evolution
b) Plate tectonics
c) Climate change
d) Continental drift
3) Global warming is studied under this theory.
a) Evolution
b) Plate tectonics
c) Climate change
d) Continental drift
4) The mechanism for evolution where traits are favored causing change in species.
a) Evolution
b) Natural selection
c) Tectonics
d) Climate change
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5) Natural selection favored the dark peppered moth when the industrial revolution
made the environment grayer. What theory explains this phenomenon?
a) Evolution
b) Plate tectonics
c) Climate change
d) Continental drift
6) Theories have very little information that contradicts them.
a) True
b) False
7) Theories can never be tested because they are solid.
a) True
b) False
8) Theories can predict the future.
a) True
b) False
9) Before plate tectonics, people thought that animals and plants found on different
continents spread by ___________.
a) Boats
b) Land bridges
c) Swimming across oceans
d) Flying
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10) A change through time where the genetic make up of populations of organisms
result in new species.
a) Evolution
b) Natural selection
c) Tectonics
d) Climate change
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