Focus On Life Science: California Grade 7

Lesson 3: Evolution and Plate Tectonics

Standards Check

1.
Species that evolve in different locations but similar environments can appear similar. This is known as ________. 3.a
A)geographic isolation
B)convergent evolution
C)continental drift
D)structural evolution
2.
Who first proposed the theory of continental drift? 4.f
A)Galileo Galilei
B)Harry Hess
C)Alfred Wegener
D)Albert Einstein
3.
How can plate tectonics contribute to evolution? 4.f
A)Separating plates can divide groups of a population
B)Volcanic eruptions can cause species to become extinct.
C)The movement of plates forces some animals underground.
D)Radiation from plate tectonics can cause genetic change.
4.
Plates make up the __________. 4.f
A)crust
B)outer core
C)aesthenosphere
D)lithosphere
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