ESL Evolution Test Review

When humans choose organisms to breed (or reproduce) useful traits it is called _________________.

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Artificial Selection

• Overproduction

A ____________ is any permanent CHANGE in the DNA of a gene or chromosome. It may lead to new variations.

• Variation

• Fitness

• Selection

• Mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A(n) _______________ is a characteristic, like a structure or behavior, that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• variation

• fitness

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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___________  is the term for species changing over long periods of time.

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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The PROCESS by which organisms evolve is called ______________.

• artificial selecton

• mutation

• overproduction

• natural selection

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When a plant or animal reproduces more offspring than can possibly survive, it is called _______________.

• natural selection

• overproduction

• mutation

• adaptation

______________ is a measure of HOW WELL an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment.

• mutation

• fitness

• selection

• variation

An elephant's tusks (or horns) are an example of a ______________ adaptation.

• behavioral

• artificial

• structural

• metabolic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Lions stalk their prey (or get low and hide). This is an example of a _________________ adaptation.

• behavioral

• structural

• artificial

• metabolic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

______________ refers to when Individuals with certain adaptations OUTCOMPETE (or win over) others and survive long enough to reproduce. They then pass on their adaptations to their offspring.

• adaptation

• overproduction

• selection

• variation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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