Review Game Zone
Flash Cards
(current)
Games
Teachers
Search
Chapter 17 Quiz
Test Description: Quiz on prentice hall evolution chapter 17
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A very large mass extinction in which amphibians and trilobites disappeared occurred at the end of the
A
Quaternary Period
B
Precambrian
C
Paleozoic Era
D
Cambrian Period
2) During the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, the dominant land animals were
A
grazing mammals
B
dinosaours
C
human ancestors
D
amphibians
3) The process by which two species, for example, a flower and a pollinating insect, evolve in response to each other is called
A
convergent evolution
B
coevolution
C
adaptive radiation
D
punctuated equilibrium
4) A pattern in which species experience long, stable periods interrupted by brief periods of rapid evolutionary change is called
A
coevolution
B
adaptive radiation
C
punctuated equilibrium
D
convergent evolution
5) The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its
A
half-life
B
radioactive date
C
period
D
relative date
6) The endosymbiont theory proposes that eukaryotic cells arose from
A
individual prokaryotic cells
B
communities formed by eukaryotes
C
communities formed by prokaryotes
D
multicellular prokaryotes
7) Fossilized evidence of Earth’s first forms of life would consist of
A
eukaryotes from the Precambrian
B
vertebrates from the Precambrian
C
prokaryotes from the Precambrian
D
invertebrates from the Precambrian
8) Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Earth before the oceans formed?
A
volcanic activity
B
an atmosphere containing oxygen gas
C
bombardment by comets and asteroids
D
an atmosphere of poisonous gases
9) To formulate a hypothesis about how Earth’s elements were rearranged after melting, scientists considered which physical principle?
A
Less dense materials tended to float on denser materials.
B
The least dense materials formed Earth’s core.
C
Denser materials tended to float on less dense materials.
D
The most dense materials formed the atmosphere.
10) What does fossil evidence indicate about the order in which these three vertebrates evolved: a bony fish with a jaw, a jawless fish, and a fish with leglike fins?
A
The jawless fish was the last to evolve.
B
The fish with leglike fins was the last to evolve.
C
The bony fish evolved before the jawless fish.
D
The fish with leglike fins evolved before the jawless fish.
*select an answer for all questions
Check Results & Get Answers
Play Games with the Questions Above
Teachers: Create FREE classroom games with your questions
Click for more info!
©2007-2024
ReviewGameZone.com
|
About
|
Privacy
|
Contact
|
Terms
|
Site Map
WAIT! Find what you needed?
×
Still Looking for the Answers?
Have Another Question?
Play a Review Game with These Questions?
Want to Make Your Own Test Like This One?