Mechanisms of Evolution

Mechanisms of Evolution

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Variation

Adaptation

Behavior

Environment

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When every organism of a species has died.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artificial Selection

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artifical Selection

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
No, they change because of natural selection

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

genes.
variations.
traits.
theories.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is natural selection?

The process which individuals that are better adapted to their environment and survive and reproduce better than less adapted individuals

The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species arrive overtime

The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits

The occurrence of hereditary or nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population

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