KAPLAN SC200 UNIT 8 QUIZ (LATEST 2015) 2015

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    1. Question : The raisin-bread dough analogy is often used to present a mental picture of
    black holes
    the expanding universe
    spiral galaxies
    elliptical galaxies
    the steady state universe
    Question 2. Question : Organisms that have lived in the past but have disappeared forever from the Earth are said to be
    : hibernating
    extinct
    evolved
    naturally-adapted
    artificially selected
    Question 3. Question : Which of the following is found in a fossil record?
    documented changes in a species
    all fossils found catalogued and analyzed since the early sixteenth century
    10000 unique phyla
    more reptiles than insects
    all of these are correct
    Question 4. Question : The longest geologic era is the
    Proterozoic
    Paleozoic
    Mesozoic
    Cambrian
    Cenozoic
    Question 5. Question : A fossil is
    any single-celled form of life
    a structure that is no longer important for survival
    any structure that helps an organism survive
    a stone replica of a once-living organism
    any extinct cyanobacterium
    Question 6. Question : This individual conducted experiments involving the origin of life on the early Earth
    William Schopf
    Luis Alvarez
    Stanley Miller
    Alfred Wallace
    Walter Alvarez
    Question 7. Question : What were the first three elements formed in the Big Bang?
    hydrogen lithium and helium
    hydrogen oxygen and helium
    helium oxygen and carbon
    carbon oxygen and deuterium
    helium oxygen lithium
    Question 8. Question : The mechanism for evolution of living organisms as proposed by Darwin is
    artificial selection
    extinction
    natural selection
    genetic mutation
    DNA reorganization
    Question 9. Question : What piece of evidence do scientists now compare to prove humans and chimpanzees are close relatives?
    physical features
    behavior
    DNA strands
    food preferences
    the cell protein cytochrome C
    Question 10. Question : An object whose gravitational field is so strong that nothing can escape is
    a supercluster
    a void
    a black hole
    a quasar
    a pulsar
    Question 11. Question : The most recent freezing of the universe involved the creation of
    nuclei.
    atoms.
    elementary particles.
    quarks.
    molecules.
    Question 12. Question : Punctuated equilibrium is a theory of evolution that states that
    some species of organisms never change
    evolutionary changes usually occur in short bursts separated by long periods of stability
    all species live only a certain number of years punctuated by extinction
    all animals evolve at the same rate
    not all organisms follow the same rules of natural selection
    Question 13. Question : The hard outer skeleton characteristic of crabs lobsters and grasshoppers appeared during this period.
    Cenozoic
    Proterozoic
    Paleozoic
    Cambrian
    Mesozoic

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