Adaptations and Natural Selection

Adaptations and Natural Selection

5th - 10th Grade

25 Qs

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Adaptations and Natural Selection

Adaptations and Natural Selection

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-2, MS-LS2-4

+14

Standards-aligned

Created by

Blanche Baxley

Used 143+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

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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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Because the parents with the trait are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant males

Because the parents with the trait died before reproducing

Because the trait is an acquired by the environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What word describes a trait or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment?

natural selection

mutation

camouflage

adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which organisms are most likely to survive?
the best adapted
the fastest
the strongest
the most domesticated (tamed)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?
Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
No, they change because of natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
genes.
variations.
traits.
theories.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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