Natural Selection Ch. 1 Quiz

What is a population?

• A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area

• A group of animals living in the same area

• A group of different species that make up an ecosystem

• A group of organisms that have the same traits

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is an adaptive trait?

• A trait that is harmful to the individual

• A trait that is not influenced by the environment

• A trait that is neutral in the environment

• A trait that increases an individual's chance of survival in the environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is evidence used for in scientific argument?

• To determine the distribution of traits in a population

• To support a claim

• To make predictions

• To analyze data about environmental conditions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What is the role of reasoning in scientific argument?

• To determine the distribution of traits in a population

• To support a claim

• To analyze data about environmental conditions

• To make predictions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What is the main cause of changes in the distribution of traits in populations?

• The number of individuals in the population

• The environment

• The geographical location of the population

• The age of the individuals in the population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is a non-adaptive trait?

• A trait that is harmful to the individual

• A trait that is neutral in the environment

• A trait that increases an individual's fitness in the environment

• A trait that is not influenced by the environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Everything (living and non-living) that surrounds an organism is considered its ___.

• distribution

• resource

• environment

• kingdom

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The differences in traits between individual organisms is ___.

• genes

• variation

• a species

• a feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When describing a population, often it is done using which TWO of the following?

• numbers of individuals with traits

• locations of organisms

• climate

• traits present

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Adaptive traits become more common in a population ___.

• when they are popular among the species

• over many generations

• because non-adaptive traits help some but not others

• in a relatively short period of time

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4