evolution and heredity
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why have many species become extinct in the past?
They couldn't find a place to hibernate
They couldn't migrate to warmer climates
They couldn't reproduce
They couldn't adapt to environmental changes
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When an organism develops a trait that helps it survive, it is know as ...
A vestigial trait
An adaptation
A survival trait
A mutation
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where did Charles Darwin discover the differently evolved species of Finches?
The Caribbean Islands
Long Island
The Greek Islands
The Galapagos Islands
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word most closely describes the changes of this species over time?
Evolution
Succession
Mutation
Growth
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who wrote "On The Origin of Species" and is responsible for the modern theory of evolution ?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Robert Hooke
Charles Darwin
Charles Darfin
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The definition of "evolution" is ...
A change in body structures
A process of change over a short time period
A process of change over a long time period
A process of growth in an organism
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
____________ are preserved evidence, found in rock, of once living organisms.
Bones structures
Impressions
Fossils
Anatomical Remains
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
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