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Natural Selection Vocabulary

Authored by Adrienne Bowden

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Natural Selection Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What idea made Charles Darwin famous ?

Evolution
Animals
Natural Selection
Medicine

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Where was Charles Darwin when he noticed the differences between different species of finches and turtles?

The Galapagos Islands

The Philippines

The Azores

The Bahamas

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The name for the idea that organisms that are more fit for their environment create more offspring. AKA Survival of the fittest

Artificial Selection

Creationism

Natural Selection

Dependent Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An adaptive trait depends on the (fill in the blank)

environment

species

natural selection

predation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

the process by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment, or the features of an organism that make it well suited for its environment

natural selection/ natural selections

evolution/ evolutions

adaptation/ adaptations

differentiation/ differences

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a specific characteristic of an individual organism

variation

distribution

trait

mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

The variation of life forms present in different ecosystems.

Adaptation

Organisms that can reproduce, have similar characteristics, and have a common gene pool.

Natural Selection

Process where traits and organisms that are best adapted to the environment survive and reproduce.

Diversity

A variation in a plant or animal that increases it chance of survival in its environment.

Species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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