Natural Selection & Peppered Moths

Natural Selection & Peppered Moths

Assessment

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Created by

Michael Dinnon

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-5

+1

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused the soot to cover the trees in Great Britain from 1780 to 1830?

burning coal

setting fires

black wind

dead moths

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the number of white peppered moths decrease so much by 1895?

they did not blend in with the trees and birds ate them

they tasted better to the birds than the black moths

they were easier to reach on the trees

white moths flew away to find better trees to blend in with

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do moths and other organism reproduce so many eggs or offspring?

so that their babies can have friends to play with

the more offspring the more likely the offspring will survive

the more offspring the less likely offspring will survive

the more offspring the less competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In natural selection, the selective agent is the
humans
mutations
breeders
environment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did dark moths have a survival advantage when they were near factories?

They could hide in the birds shadow.

They could push the white moths into the flames.

They did not have a survival advantage.

They blended in with the dark tree trunks.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.
Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artifical Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that
A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there
Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years
The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. 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

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