Evolution

Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

• change
• adaption
• species
• variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience 

• environmental changes
• genetic changes
• geological changes
• extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high

• life expectancy
• mutation rate
• fitness
• adaptability

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)

• close relative
• early ancestor
• unrelated organism
• embryological stage

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

protein sequences in one organism that resemble those of another suggest a 

• coincidence
• lack of evolutionary relationship
• great number of mutations
• shared ancestry

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the hind leg bones in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• fossils
• vestigals

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

• natural selection
• inheritance
• artificial selection
• descent withOUT modification

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5