Natural Selection

Natural Selection

9th - 10th Grade

21 Qs

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Natural Selection

Natural Selection

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Biology

9th - 10th Grade

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NGSS
MS-LS4-4, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS3-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they come from dominant alleles.
Because they come from recessive alleles.
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Mutations are a change in what?

DNA
tRNA
genotype
phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

natural selection

mutation

camouflage

adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

Natural Selection
Variation
Homeostasis
Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-6

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