Structure & Embryo Scenarios
Evolution Contribution
A Groundbreaking Science
Fossils and Superposition
Miscellaneous Mayhem
100
TRUE or FALSE. Scientists study embryos because it allows them to compare organisms at complicated level.
FALSE - at a basic level
100
"Survival of the Fittest", also known as ____________ ____________ (2 words), states that organisms with the best adaptations will survive & reproduce.
Natural Selection
100
Which of the following is NOT a geoscience process?
A. Hurricanes
B. Earthquakes
C. Volcanoes
D. Plate Tectonics
E. Seafloor Spreading
A. Hurricanes
100
Fossils can be found in this type of rock.
Sedimentary rock
100
Millions of years ago climate change killed 90% of megafauna and transformed the landscape from ice sheets to grass and forests. Because of this, available land increased/decreased while the biodiversity of the area increased/decreased.
Increased, increased
200
The beginning stages of life start very similarly for many organisms, showing that a wide variety of organisms may share an ________________
Ancestor
200
Pakicetus is the ancestor of the modern day ____________.
Whale
200
This theory states that long ago the continents used to exist in a supercontinent until they drifted apart over time.
Continental Drift
200
Why might there be no fossils at the bottom of a rock layer?
A. New rock layers crush and destroy skeletons buried beneath them.
B. Skeletal organisms did not exist at the time these rock layers were formed.
C. All skeletal remains gradually accumulated in the deepest layers of rock over time.
B. Skeletal organisms did not exist at the time these rock layers were formed.
200
Place the rock layers in order from oldest (at the bottom) to youngest (at top).
H
R
M
F
B
I
300
Comparative embryology helps scientists provide evidence for ___________.
Evolution
300
Which 2 organisms in the diagram are most closely related?
A. Fish and Chicken B. Turtle and Chicken
C. Pig and Human D. None are closely related
C. Pig and Human
300
The coastlines of these two continents fit together so well because scientists believe they were once joined together.
South America and Africa
300
Which type of fossil is found in the LEAST recently formed sedimentary rock layer? 
Trilobites
300
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries.
Convergent ➡️⬅️
Divergent ⬅️➡️
Transform ⬆️⬇️
400
In humans, wisdom teeth, the appendix, and tailbone are all examples of this type of structure.
Vestigial structures
400
This scientist created the theory of evolution after observing finches on the Galapagos Island.
Charles Darwin
400
Tectonic plates are able to move on top of the semi-fluid asthenosphere due to the movement of these in the mantle.
Convection currents
400
According to the Law of Superposition, in undisturbed layers of rock, the ________ layers are found at the bottom and the ________ layers are found at the top.
oldest, youngest
400
The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener
500
The structures below are different in function but similar in structure- and may have evolved differently due to ___________ ____________.
Different environments
500
Give an example of two organisms that have analogous structures.
Bird wing and bat wing
Bird wing and butterfly wing
Dolphin fins and shark fins
Eagles and insects
500
The process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.
Seafloor Spreading
500
In this image, letter Y represents...
An intrusion
500
When one tectonic plate slips below another, it is called...
Subduction