8.L.4.2

8.L.4.2

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8.L.4.2

8.L.4.2

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which best explains the separate evolution of African and Asian elephants?

overhunting

volcanic activity

splitting of Pangea

extinction of dinosaurs

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A new type of plant was discovered on a newly-formed volcanic island. The island is hundreds of miles away from the mainland. Which hypothesis best explains how the plant arrived?

It spontaneously generated.

It was carried there by humans.

It was carried there by wind or waves.

It was already present in volcanic materials.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which would provide evidence of lithospheric plate movement over time?

fossils of tropical plants found near the equator

fossils of tropical fish found in a warm climate area

fossils of tropical plants found in a cold climate area

fossils of tropical fish found at the bottom of an ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Based on the fossil record, which organisms were most likely to have existed first?

plants

insects

jellyfish

bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which best describes the similar function of wings in birds and butterflies?

embryological structures

homologous structures

analogous structures

vestigial structures

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Bird wings and insect wings are analogous structures. Which can most likely be concluded?

Insects evolved from birds.

Birds evolved from insects.

Birds and insects have a close common ancestor.

Birds and insects do not have a close common ancestor.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do scientists most often use to form the basis for biological classification?

dietary habits

population size

geographic location

comparative anatomy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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