Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

8th Grade

26 Qs

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Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is natural selection?

The process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate.

The process by which organisms with any traits survive and reproduce at an equal rate.

The process by which organisms with any traits survive and reproduce at a lower rate.

The process by which organisms with unfavorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a species?

A group of different organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

A group of similar organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

A group of different organisms incapable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

A group of similar organisms incapable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a population?

An organism of different species that live in different places at the same time.

An organism of the same species that live in different places at the same time.

An organism of different species that live in the same place at the same time.

An organism of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What factors would cause a population to change?

Predation, disease, genetic drift, and environmental change.

Mutation, adaptation, genetic diversity, and natural selection.

Cooperation, extinction, survival of the weakest, and migration.

Competition, speciation, survival of the fittest, and reproduction.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is speciation?

The formation of new species, the process occurs when individuals of different populations interbreed and produce infertile offspring.

The formation of new species, the process occurs when individuals of different populations interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

The formation of new species, the process occurs when an individual of a population is able to continue interbreeding within the group.

The formation of new species, the process occurs when an individual of a population is unable to continue interbreeding within the group.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the elements of natural selection?

Adaptation, variations, competition, and inheritance.

Predation, disease, migration, and environmental change.

Mutation, genetic diversity, survival of the fittest, and reproductive isolation.

Homologous structures, fossils, survival of the weakest, and genetic drift.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are favorable traits (adaptations)?

Characteristics or traits that are only beneficial for a short period of time.

Characteristics or traits that have no effect on an organism's survival and reproduction.

Characteristics or traits that hinder an organism from surviving and reproducing in its environment.

Characteristics or traits that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

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