adaptive traits and natural selection

adaptive traits and natural selection

8th Grade

23 Qs

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adaptive traits and natural selection

adaptive traits and natural selection

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

natural selection

mutation

camouflage

adaptation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

the best adapted
the fastest
the strongest
the most domesticated (tamed)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

genes.
variations.
traits.
theories.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

Evolution
Natural Selection
Extinction 
Artificial Selection

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