Mechanisms of Evolution and Natural Selection

Mechanisms of Evolution and Natural Selection

9th Grade

11 Qs

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Mechanisms of Evolution and Natural Selection

Mechanisms of Evolution and Natural Selection

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-4, HS-LS2-1, HS-LS3-1

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Rachel Combs

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Adaptations can be:

camouflage

ability to survive cold weather

hunting skills

all of the above

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

both populations should stay the same

both populations will increase

the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

3.

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 organism knew it needed that trait, survives, and passes it on.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mutations are a change in what?

DNA

tRNA

protein

rRNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Over the years, white mice became extinct and darker mice survived. This is

stabilizing selection

directional selection

disruptive selection

due to exercise

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Average phenotypes are favored in the environment, while extremes have lower survival rates.

seasonal selection

distruptive selection

directional selection

stabilizing selection

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

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