Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better

Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring

Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

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.

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?

Both will be equally successful

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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 dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

The discovery of DNA and genes proved that

mutations create variations and come from genes

bats and butterflies have a very close common ancestor

A fossil of an extinct dinosaur is found and the anatomy of the fossil shows similarities to that of a bird. What could this mean?

The extinct dinosaur and modern bird share a common ancestor

This is purely by chance and isn't significant

All dinosaurs evolved into birds and that's why there aren't any dinosaurs alive today

Dinosaurs choose to fly, and evolved into birds to escape predation and capture food

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

Which of the following is a fossil?

a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

a group of organisms that can reproduce

a structure or organ that no longer functions

what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

different species on different islands

all species on one of the islands

identical species on all the islands

the same species as North America

This image shows that

two different species may have evolved from a common ancestor.

These animals have no simliarities in their structures.

These animals are from the same species.

These animals likely evolved from different ancestors due to their differences.

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

The traits of a species can change over time

Populations can survive in different locations on earth

Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

Populations grow when resources are abundant

1000 red and 1000 white ground beetles are placed in a cage on red clay containing beetle eating birds. The beetles are counted after 2 days. What is expected?

Equal number of red and white beetles are left

Evolution and Natural Selection

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

____ is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species

natural selection

artificial selection

speciation

adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following means "change over time"

natural selection

speciation

evolution

isolation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

theories

variations

adaptations

genes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.

mutations

adaptations

speciations

isolations

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive. This is commonly known as ___.

theory of evolution

variations

survival of the fittest

ecosystems

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most organisms have more offspring than will survive

True

False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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Evolution and Natural Selection

40 questions

____ is when members of a species that are best suited for their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species

Which of the following means "change over time"

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

___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.

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

Organisms with the most beneficial traits will survive. This is commonly known as ___.

Most organisms have more offspring than will survive

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

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