Skin Color Evolution

Skin Color Evolution

9th Grade

11 Qs

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Skin Color Evolution

Skin Color Evolution

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Quiz

Biology

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-4, HS-LS3-2

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Standards-aligned

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Indigenous (native) people of which country would be expected to have the darkest skin color?

Southwestern Canada

Northwestern Brazil

Southwestern China

Western Australia

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Indigenous (native) people of which country would be expected to have the lightest skin color?

Southwestern Canada

Northwestern Brazil

Southwestern China

Western Australia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which factor is directly responsible for the skin pigmentation you were born with?

Your exposure to the sun

Different amounts and types of melanin

The food you eat

Weather you live in hot or cold temperatures

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does melanin protect?

The nucleus

Nucleic acid

Folate

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What selective advantage did people have to increase melanin production?

Increased protection from skin cancer

Increased protection from folate destruction

Increased synthesis of vitamin D

All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What selective advantage did people have to lose increased melanin production? (Or in other words, to have less melanin?)

Increased protection from skin cancer

Increased protection from folate destruction

Increased synthesis of vitamin D

All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which population would be most at risk for having a folate deficiency?

People with less melanin living near the equator

People with less melanin living near the poles

People with more melanin living near the equator

People with more melanin living near the poles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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