State Lab- Natural Selection

State Lab- Natural Selection

8th - 9th Grade

12 Qs

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State Lab- Natural Selection

State Lab- Natural Selection

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce? 

Some individuals pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
Some individuals are better adapted to exist in their environment than others are. 
Some individuals do not pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
Some individuals tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment. 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answer(s) to question(s) on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology. The diagram shows the heads of four different species of Galapagos Islands finches. 
The four different types of beaks shown are most likely the result of 

gene manipulation 
natural selection 
unchanging environmental conditions 
patterns of behavior learned from parents 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The different tools used during the beaks of finches lab represented 

feeding adaptations in finches 
nest construction adaptations 
variations in seed size 
variations in ecosystems 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) 8. on the diagram below and on your knowledge of
biology.
Several of the Galapagos Islands are inhabited by grasshoppers, beetles, flies, bees, and butterflies. Finches that feed on these consumers would have beaks adapted for 

probing, only 
probing or grasping 
crushing or probing 
parrotlike feeding or grasping 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

To look different from other species.
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
To protect itself against predators.
To protect itself against prey.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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All of these finches have different shaped beaks, they are an adaptation to gain access of 

Water
Food
Shelter

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