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RARE: Evidence and Speciation

RARE: Evidence and Speciation

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-4

+9

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tessa Mooneyham

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

36 questions

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1.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?

Fossils show that some species have gone extinct
Fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past
Different sedimentary rock layers provide evidence for how the environment has changed over time

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

4.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Match the following

Punctuated Equilibrium

Media Image

Punctuated Equilibrium pic

Slow small changes occur

Gradualism pic

Big rapid changes occur then no change then big rapid change then no change

Gradualism

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Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The abrupt/quick appearance of new organisms that happens in punctuated equilibrium is evidence of an ​ (a)   in biodiversity from an ​ (b)   environment.

increase
unstable
decrease
stable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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As generations pass, the beak sizes of the population of birds progressively and slowly increase

speciation
punctuated equilibrium
gradualism
microevolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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