Evolutionary History End of Unit Assessment

What should be displayed on the branches of an evolutionary tree?

• ancestors

• descendants

• common ancestor populations

A population of trout was stable for a long time. Then, their body structures changed to make them smaller. Why did this happen?

• Trout were meant to become smaller over evolutionary time.

• It is impossible to say without more information.

• Their environment must have changed.

• The crickets wanted to be louder.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which best describes the division of one species into two:

• stability

• evolutionary time

• speciation

• evolution

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The Sahara Desert has continued to be a stable environment for a long period of time. What would be the best way to describe the animals in their environment?

• Their body structure will become very different.

• Their body structures will continue to stay similar.

• Animals will always adapt, since evolution always happens.

• There is not enough information about the desert's climate.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the separation that causes an ancestor population to evolve into descendant species?

• evolution

• a barrier

• speciation

• stability

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why would two different species share similar structures?

• Mutations randomly occur throughout generations.

• Both species share a common ancestor population.

• Structures randomly appear over time.

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

When the height of the thornpalms changed in the SIM, what was the biggest change within the Ostrilope population over time?

• neck length increased

• neck length decreased

• jaw strength increased

• jaw strength decreased

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which populations' structure would be most similar to the common ancestor population?

• A and B

• A and C

• B and D

• C and D

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Evolution is:

• the process of turning into a human

• a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

• the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

• the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A species is:

• the process of turning into a human

• a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

• the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

• the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4