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Natural Selection

Authored by Arthur Simmons

Biology

9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is not an example of an adaptation?

A bird's beak allows it to crack open hard nuts.
A zebra's stripes allow it to confuse its predators.
A frog's large hind legs allow it to jump from danger.
A cat sleeps on the sofa to avoid the vacuum cleaner.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is it called when better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to their offspring.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction
Artifical Selection

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

a) natural selection
b) gravity
c) heredity
d) string theory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the population of peppered moths in England change from light to dark after the Industrial Revolution?

Light moths were easy to see against sooty trees and were eaten
Light moths were killed by soot
The birds that ate the dark moths were killed by soot
Dark moths were produced by industrial processes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that

A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there
Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years
The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When every organism of a given species has died

Natural Selection
Homeostasis
Extinction
Selective Breeding

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Dark moth
Light moth
Both will be equally successful
Neither will be successful

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