Evolution Review

A person with swollen gums rinses his mouth with warm salt water, and the swelling decreases. Which has occurred?

• The swollen gums have absorbed the saltwater solution

• The saltwater solution lowers the temperature in the gums

• The salt in the solution has moved against the concentration gradient

• The water in the gums has moved from a high to a low concentration of water

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of mutation does NOT change the amino acids or proteins?

• silent

• missense

• nonsense

• insertion

• deletion

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Organisms that survive and produce offspring are biologically ______.

• Fit

• Evolving

• Happy

• Confused

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What adaptation helped the peppered moths survive?

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Speed

• Stealth

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Lions that can run faster catch more food and produce more offspring. What is this an example of?

• natural selection

• extinction

• competition

• argiculture

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What causes new traits to appear in a population?

• Random mutations

• Natural selection

• Evolution

• Need of the organism

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What process makes proteins?

• Translation

• Transcription

• Osmosis

• DNA replication

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the building block of proteins?

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

• monosaccharides

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What is the building block of DNA?

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

• monosaccharides

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Ducks lay different number of eggs. If they lay too many eggs, the mother can't take care of all the ducklings. What will happen to the number of eggs laid by ducks over time?

• They will lay an average number that is not too high, and not to low

• They will only lay one egg at a time

• They will stop laying eggs and give birth to live young

• They will lay more eggs over time

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