Pre-Assessment: Natural Selection

Which population has both adaptive and non-adaptive traits?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which prediction supports the following statement? Red is the adaptive trait to survive predators.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which location had short giraffes as the

non-adaptive trait?

• Population in Niger

• Population in Somalia

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which population evolved to survive a cold water environment?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which prediction demonstrates white fur as the adaptive trait?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How did the cactuses evolve from 1970 to 2015?

• Medium spine size became an adaptive trait.

• Medium spine size became a non-adaptive trait.

• Small and large spine sizes became adaptive traits.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The tree bark became gray.

• The tree bark became black.

• The tree bark became black and gray.

• The tree bark became white.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or false? Thick beaks are the non-adaptive trait in the population.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1