Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

Evolution and Natural Selection Quiz

10th Grade

25 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

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

+6

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the driving force behind natural selection and evolution?

Genetic mutations

Interactions between organisms and their environment

Random chance

Human intervention

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is natural selection?

The process by which individuals who are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive than other members of the same species

The process of random genetic mutations

The process of human intervention in breeding

The process of organisms choosing their mates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who compared the species of organisms in South America to those in the Galapagos Islands to determine variation among species?

Gregor Mendel

Charles Darwin

Alfred Wallace

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors that affect natural selection?

Overproduction

Competition

Environmental conditions

Genetic engineering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for any difference in traits between individuals of the same species?

Adaptation

Variation

Mutation

Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

Mutation

Variation

Adaptation

Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the disappearance of an entire species?

Evolution

Extinction

Adaptation

Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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