Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Assessment

Flashcard

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-4, MS-LS3-1, MS-LS4-5

+5

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the process in which humans choose the desired traits of an organism?

Back

Artificial selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are changes in genetic material called?

Back

Mutations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the process where organisms best suited to their environments survive and reproduce?

Back

Natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a bacteria that lives in the digestive tract of animals but can also make you sick?

Back

E. coli

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who is famous for his work on natural selection?

Back

Charles Darwin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for the variety of different types of life found on Earth?

Back

Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for the inherited characteristics that increase an organism's chance of survival?

Back

Adaptations

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