Earth Science MAAP Practice Test Questions

Front

Which rock layers are most likely the same age? Options: 5 and 9, 1 and 7, 3 and 8, 2 and 6

Back

3 and 8

Front

Which rock is best for the formation of fossils in the fossil record?

Back

Sedimentary

Front

Which statement best supports the claim that fossilized animals are related to living animals?

Back

The fossilized animals have body shapes and parts that are similar to the body shapes and parts of living animals.

Front

Location of rock layer containing fossils of organisms living immediately before a volcanic eruption.

Back

The rock layer directly beneath the volcanic eruption layer will contain fossils of organisms living immediately before the eruption occurred.

Front

Which type of organisms would have most likely survived the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-Pg) event, which caused massive heat, fires, volcanic eruptions, and a cooler Earth due to debris blocking sunlight?

Back

Organisms that were able to hide and to store energy to keep warm survived over time.

Front

How might a mass extinction have a beneficial effect on an ecosystem?

Back

The removal of organisms reduces competition for resources and provides an opportunity for some surviving species to adapt.

Front

Evidence supporting Mississippi was covered by an inland sea?

Back

Fossils of land organisms in surface rock layers and fossils of marine organisms in several layers beneath those surface layers.

Front

Flowchart representing the process that formed dinosaur fossils in Mississippi.

Back

Dinosaur remains are deposited in sediments. ➡ Compaction and cementation of sedimentary rock occurs.

Front

What provides the best evidence of the northward movement of India?

Back

The presence of a mountain range where the Indian plate meets the Eurasian plate.

Front

Which answer has the model labeled correctly?

Back

A. runoff, B. surface water, C. infiltration, D. groundwater