Unit 5 Quiz 1

Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

• a mutation
• an adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. 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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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Natural selection were proposed by which scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Steven Hawking

• Isaac Newton

All the possible gene combinations in one single population is called...

• allele

• gene pool

• genome

• mitosis

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

• natural selection

• gravity

• heredity

• string theory