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Natural Selection

Authored by Brenda Adams

Biology

7th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Steven Hawking
Isaac Newton

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

Variation
Adaptation
Behavior
Environment

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

The inherited traits of a population.
The acquired traits of a population.
Hair color and eye color
Attractive features.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they come from dominant alleles.
Because they come from recessive alleles.
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mutations are a change in what?

DNA

RNA

genotype

phenotype

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Dark moth
Light moth
Both will be equally successful
Neither will be successful

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which best describes the role of mutations in natural selection?

Mutations help an organism to better survive in their environment
An organism may acquire a helpful mutation by interacting with the environment
A mutation may result in an adaptive trait that makes an organism more likely to survive and reproduce
Organisms with certain traits are more likely to win competitions for mutations

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