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Evolution & Natural Selection Review

Authored by Stacia Robbins

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Evolution & Natural Selection Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An adaptation can be defined as...

A random change that occurs in the genetic makeup of an organism.

The environment in which an organism lives.

A characteristic that allows a population to survive while another population does not survive.

The change in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which answer choice provides a correct definition for natural selection?

A type of selective breeding where humans control how organisms mate.

The process of two species evolving in response to a long-term interaction.

The process where individuals or populations that have characteristics that make them better adapted to their environment survive.

A change in characteristics among a population from one generation to the next.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Evolution is a change in a population, not an individual

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected" for must...

Live a long time

Be physically stronger than other populations

Successfully reproduce

Co-evolve

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce, and pass their traits onto their offspring.  This is called

Mutation
Adaptation
Evolution
Natural Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Natural selection as the mechanism for evolution was first proposed by what scientist?

Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Steven Hawking
Isaac Newton

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past…..

fossil
picture
dinosaur
animal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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