NM-MSSA Science 4

Question 1

What is the name of the process by which organisms produce offspring?

Accepted Answer

Reproduction

Answer

Adaptation

Answer

Evolution

Answer

Mutation

Question 2

Which of the following best describes a food web?

Accepted Answer

A diagram showing interconnected feeding relationships

Answer

A single chain of organisms eating one another

Answer

A list of producers in an ecosystem

Answer

A chart of animal migration patterns

Question 3

What is the result when two tectonic plates collide head-on?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes and mountains form

Answer

A rift valley forms

Answer

The plates slide sideways

Answer

Sea floor spreading occurs

Question 4

Which property of matter describes how much space an object takes up?

Accepted Answer

Volume

Answer

Mass

Answer

Weight

Answer

Density

Question 5

What is the term for organisms that make their own food using sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Consumers

Answer

Decomposers

Answer

Predators

Question 6

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

Accepted Answer

Eye color

Answer

Speaking a language

Answer

A scar from an injury

Answer

Hair style

Question 7

What tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid?

Accepted Answer

Graduated cylinder

Answer

Balance scale

Answer

Thermometer

Answer

Meter stick