The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

Where do adaptations come from?

Both mutations and genetic recombination are sources of adaptation

The individual organism decides to adapt

Mutations that give an organism an advantage in its environment

Genetic recombination during meiosis

Why is an insertion/deletion mutation worse than a substitution mutation?

It causes a frameshift (affects the whole code after the mutation)

Putting things into your DNA is always bad`

All DNA is important you can't delete even one nucleotide

ability to survive cold weather

small changes pass down through many generations

individuals changing to suit their environment

Individuals learned new traits and pass them on

sudden change in the environment cause a species change

The purpose of selective breeding is to

create animals with desirable traits

Problems with selective breeding include

Animals can have bad health problems

Evolution Pre-Test

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Science, Other, Biology

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9th - 12th Grade

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MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do.

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Populations

Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

Environment

Competition

Evolution

Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

Environment

Evolution

Biological diversity

Populations

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

These are natural differences within a species.

Evolution

Genetic variation

Biological diversity

Populations

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is the variation of living organisms.

Biological diversity

Evolution

Environment

Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Evolution

Population

Environment

Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.

Adaptation

Competition

Evolution

Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Evolution Pre-Test

25 questions

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do.

This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

This is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

These are natural differences within a species.

This is the variation of living organisms.

This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.

The death of every member of a species.

What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

What do we call structures that no longer perform their original function?

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