Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

• Adaption
• Extinction
• Fossilization
• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species
• Environmental Change
• Adaptation
• Variation

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.
• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
• To protect itself against predators.
• To protect itself against prey.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is

• Competition
• Natural Selection
• gene flow
• genetic drift

Do older rock layers lie on top of or underneath younger rock layers?

• on top of

• underneath

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A  population of cockroaches was sprayed with an insecticide.  Some cockroaches survived and produced a population of cockroaches that was resistant to this spray.  What can BEST be inferred from this example?

• species will adapt no matter what the environment
• environment has no effect on the survival of an organism
• Individuals with favorable variations survive and reproduce
• Insecticides cause mutations that are passed on to the next generation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following could form a fossil?

• Bone
• Shell
• Seeds
• All of the above