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Natural Selection State Test Review

Natural Selection State Test Review

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Science

8th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-4, MS-LS4-4

+10

Standards-aligned

Created by

Courtney Lawrence

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15 Slides • 8 Questions

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_______ occurs when 1 organisms kills and eats another for food.

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Symbiosis

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Competition

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Predation

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Collaboration

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Multiple Choice

The theory that organisms who have favorable traits will be more likely to survive and reproduce, thus passing down their traits to future offspring

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fitness

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natural selection

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artificial selection

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overproduction

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Multiple Choice

The finches on the Galapagos island were similar in form except for variations of their beaks. Darwin observed that these variations were useful for:

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Attracting a mate.

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Gathering food.

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Defending territory.

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Building nests.

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When a population becomes divided by an event such as a new river forming, ____________ has occurred.
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Differentiation 
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Isolation
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Adaptation
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Separation

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Multiple Choice

When the Grand Canyon in Arizona formed, two populations of one squirrel species were separated by the giant canyon. This is an example of _____________.

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Temporal isolation

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Behavioral isolation

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Geographic isolation

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Variations in a population are caused by:
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Natural Selection
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Selective Breeding
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Artificial Selection
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Random Mutations

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The structures shown are_________
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homologous
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heterologous
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analogous
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vestigial

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The hind leg bones in a whale are examples of
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homologous structures
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analogous structures
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fossils
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vestigal structures
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