Four friends were hiking in the mountains when they came across a shell fossil like the one pictured to the right. The friends agreed that the fossil of the organism clearly came from the ocean, but they were confused about how the fossil ended up high on a mountain. Here is what each friend thought: Carlos: It belonged to a hiker and fell out of their backpack during a hike. Jenny: The land must have been covered by water long ago. Jordan: An animal carried the shell up the mountain and dropped it. Marcus: Weathering, erosion, and deposition slowly moved the shell up the mountain. Which friend do you agree with the most from the “Take a Hike” scenario? How do you think the fossil ended up on the mountain? Explain your answers.

Liquefaction was one reason the kobe wharfs were destroyed and other areas nearby. what is liquefaction? a. it is when conditions in the soil send the seismic wave out to the mountains and bounce back b. it is when conditions in the soil change to vigorous p-wave shaking when the surface waves pass by c. it referes to the fact that when an earthquake occurs wet and soft soil will vibrate more vigorously then solid rocky soil strangely in kobe some streets had very bad damage but the next street over had far less damage. what caused this? a. the waves passed through the city hit the mountains and returned back to the city. at some points the incoming and outgoing waves amplified their strength b. the mountains also had a quake and sent waves into the city c. waves hit the moutains and took longer to return

6. in domesticated cats, the following are independently assorting: normal ears (t) is dominant to tufted ears (t); curved whiskers (c) is dominant to straight whiskers (c); the presence of six toes (s) is dominant to five toes (s); gene for hair length is an x-linked codominant. the three phenotypes for hair length are long (xhxh), medium (xhxh), and short (xhxh); medium is the heterozygous condition. given two parents: ttccssxhxh x ttccssxhy how many different gametes could be formed in the female cat with respect to these four traits? how many phenotypes are possible in the offspring from this mating?

Which of the following is a true statement? a. individuals evolve to have adaptations. b. individuals have adaptations that can change over time. c. individuals have traits that may or may not make them successful at reproduction. d. populations cant evolve, only individual organisms.