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Natural Selection Review

Authored by Alexis Anderson

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 33+ times

Natural Selection Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What must FIRST exist in a population in order for natural selection to occur?

variation

change in environment

identical genes

competition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

______ adapt to their environment.

Individuals

Species

Organisms

Mutations

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Natural Selection is BEST described as

Ability to generate new traits that better suit the species

Organisms choose traits that are best suited for them

The increase of advantageous traits in a population based on the environment

Causing the death of a large portion of the population

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

If weather in normally warm ecosystems changes to become cold, what change might occur?

Cold weather would cause mutations to make organisms adapt

IF a mutation occurred for thicker fur, it will be passed on

Evolution would occur resulting in extinction

Nothing would change

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is an example of Natural Selection: "Fruit flies with an enzyme that can digest pesticides designed to kill them will increase in numbers."

True

False

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is an example of Natural Selection: "A plant without thorns grows thorns to deter predators"

True

False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Variation is...

a trait that provides an advantage

differences in physical or behavioral traits in a population

small changes in populations that add up to big differences

mistake in copying genes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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