Skin Color Evolution
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Biology
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
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
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
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