Evolution Test

The Army Corp of Engineers building a dam across a river to create a reservoir to control flooding is an example of what factor of evolution?

• competition

• genes/genetics

• mutations

• environmental changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The species Vulpes vulpes, the red fox, will vomit before fleeing from a predator in order to move at a faster pace. This is a —

• mutation that is an inheritable change

• genetic variation that leads to diversity

• reason why species become extinct

• behavior that enables a species to survive

Throughout time the horse foreleg went from having —

• four toes to one toe

• three toes to one toe

• one toe to three toes

• one toe to four toes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Who is the father of evolution?

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Newton

• Einstein

What is this an example of?

• diversity of species

• variation

• vestigial structures

• DNA studies

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When a DNA sequence is copied, sometimes mistakes occur in the new strand of DNA. What do we call these mistakes?

• transcription

• adaptations

• mutations

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Plants that can survive great fluctuations in temperature changes will...

• have a lower survival rate than those that cannot.

• will have a higher survival rate than those that cannot.

• will exist in smaller numbers than plants that cannot

• will have lower genetic variety than plants that cannot.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is another name for natural selection?

• survival of the smartest

• survival of the fastest

• survival of the biggest

• survival of the fittest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous

• vestigial

• variation

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4