Environment and Human Impact

First and Last Name

Class Period

• 1A
• 2A
• 3A
• 4A
• 1B

Name of the Teacher

• Mrs. Olukemi Adeniyi
• Ms. Glenda Almodovar-Morales
• Mr. Chinyere Enwerem
• Ms. Mona Hafez
• Dr. Cesar Herrera

1) Mutations are important because they bring about ( HS-LS 4-2)

• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• death of the organism in which they develop

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2) Certain antibiotics become useless over time because _____. ( HS-LS 4-2)

• bacteria evolve resistance to the drugs.
• antibiotics evolve to lose their potency.
• bacteria are artificially selected to resist drugs.
• bacteria maintain stable allele frequencies.

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3) Scientists have noticed that pocket mice living on lava have dark coats, whereas those living on desert soil are light brown. These differences are best explained by: ( HS-LS 4-2)

• Dark coat color is dominant to brown coat color.
• Brown coat color is dominant to black coat color.
• The coat color distribution in the different habitats results from natural selection.
• The dark mice feed on minerals found in the lava.

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4) What could happen if the biological oxygen demand in an aquatic ecosystem increased? ( HS-LS 4-2)

• There might be too much oxygen in the biome.
• The organisms might need to take in less oxygen.
• The organisms might need to take in more oxygen
• There might not be enough oxygen in the biome

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5) Continued depletion of the ozone layer will most likely result in:( HS-LS 2-7)

• an increase in skin cancer among humans
• a decrease in atmospheric pollutants
• an increase in marine ecosystem stability
• a decrease in climatic changes

6) This equipment holds small quantities of liquid for experiments

• glass cylinder
• flask
• beaker
• test tube

7) What is the acceleration of a ball that has a mass of 0.50 kilogram and that is hit with the force of 20 Newton? (HS PS2-1)

• 45 m/s
• 44 m/s
• 43 m/s
• 40 m/s

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