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Evolution Vocab

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8th - 12th Grade

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Evolution Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

natural selection

artificial selection

evolution

sexual selection

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in offspring

natural selection

artificial selection

prezygotic isolating mechanism

founder effect

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the change in a species over time

gradualism

natural selection

derived trait

evolution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

preventing reproduction by making fertilization unlikely

allopatric speciation

prezygotic isolating mechanism

postzygotic isolating mechanism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

operates after fertilization has occurred to ensure that the resulting hybrid remains infertile

prezygotic isolating mechanism

vestigial structure

postzygotic isolating mechanism

bottleneck

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the formation of new species in populations that are geographically isolated from one another

camouflage

sympatric speciation

adaptive radiation

allopatric speciation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the formation of new species in populations that live in the same geographic area

sympatric speciation

ancestral trait

directional selection

homologous structures

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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