Evolution Review

Evolution Review

8th Grade

23 Qs

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Evolution Review

Evolution Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-LS4-4

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amy Whitaker

Used 9+ times

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

The theory that describes how Earth's outer layers is broken up into moving tectonic plates

Tectonic plates stay in one place

All of the continents were once apart of a Super Continent called Panthalassa

All of the plates were once a solid plate until they broke up and moved to their current position

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
The shape of the continents
Similar fossils found on separate continents
Tree fossils found in odd places
All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
True
False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
Their feathers 
Genotypes 
Their beaks
Their body sizes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Evolution is best defined as:

the process which organisms die.

the process which organisms change over time.

the process which organisms that are extinct become revived.

the process which non-living things fossilize.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
A relative who lived in the past.
Charles Darwin
Speciation
Ancestor
Descendant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).
Darwin
Wallace
Linnaeus
Lamarck

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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