Natural Selection HICKS

Natural Selection HICKS

8th Grade

9 Qs

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Natural Selection HICKS

Natural Selection HICKS

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-4, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS4-1

+3

Standards-aligned

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Variation
Adaptation
Behavior
Environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When every organism of a species has died.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artificial Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artifical Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?

HMS Beagle
SS Beagle
HMS Bugle
SS Bugle

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?

Finches
Tortoises
Turtles
Lizards

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To look different from other species.
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
To protect itself against predators.
To protect itself against prey.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mutations are a change in what?

DNA
tRNA
genotype
phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1