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Natural Selection - 8th Grade

Authored by Vada DeMotte

Mathematics, Science

8th Grade

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Natural Selection - 8th Grade
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who was Charles Darwin?

Studied the temperament of chimpanzees

Discovered the structure of DNA

Wrote the theory of evolution

Believed in the theory of heliocentricity

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Darwin call the ability of an organism to survive?

fitness

overproduction

variation

adaptation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Darwin began to formulate his concept of evolution by natural selection after...

experimentation with animals

reading the writings of Mendel

observations of many species plants and animals while aboard the H.M.S Beagle

A long conversation with Captain Fitzroy

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False

Evolution by natural selection works best on a population with no variation.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which color line represents survival of the fittest?

Orange

Grey

Blue

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following animals is not yet extinct?

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following animals would struggle to adapt in a desert environment?

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