LS.11 Study Guide

Which would give an organism the greatest chance for survival

• diverse gene pool

• identical gene pool

• competition

• long life span

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A virus that is not affected by antibiotics that used to work is because

• the viruses can survive and reproduce anyway

• This is new information that has been there all along but we weren't aware.

• We don't have any reliable data

• Bacteria causes virus to get stronger

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Why do grasshoppers tend to be the same color as the grass they live in?

• Makes them harder to see

• the grasshoppers are the same temperature as the grass

• it makes the grasshoppers faster than the birds hunting them

• they taste similar to the grass

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which is an example of natural selection?

• blending in with your habitat

• changing temperature

• tasting like the grass

• hopping in a different pattern

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Which of the following explains adaptation?

• An organism chooses to change and pass on the trait to its offspring

• Beneficial traits are pass on to offspring

• the whole species changes characteristics

• New traits arise as needed and are passed down to offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Some sheep eat poision ivy with no trouble and some get sick when they eat it.

What will likely happen moving forward

• The herd will develop a tolerance to poison ivy

• The herd will be less tolerant to poison ivy

• the herd will not have any change

• The herd will only eat plants and not the poison ivy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When an environment changes faster than a species can adapt what is usually the result?

• evolution

• extinction

• mutation

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms that live in the desert usually have the following adaptation...

• large ears

• deep roots

• water conservation

• broad leaves

Which is the best form of a fossil

• muscle

• skin

• leaves

• bone

What might account for these limbs sharing similar structures?

• Coincidence

• They share a common ancestor

• They all come from the same environment

• They are very similar organisms

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