Mechanisms

Mechanisms

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Mechanisms

Mechanisms

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-4, HS-PS2-3

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Can you choose the correct antifriction bearings composition?

The inner ring, the outer ring, the rolling elements

The inner ring, the outer ring, the rolling elements, the stopper

The inner ring, the outer ring, the rolling elements, the retainer

The inner ring, the Rolling elements, the retainer

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The picture is an example of…

Spring

shock absorber

buffer

damper

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

A bike handlebar is a lever type…

3

2

1

4

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is one of the mechanisms of evolution; it occurs when individuals move into or out of a population, either by physically arriving or leaving, or by being born or dying

Gene flow / genetic drift

Founder effect

Natural selection

Microevolution

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is one of the mechanisms of evolution; it is a continuous process in which organisms with traits that make them better-adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms without such adaptations

Directional selection

Microevolution

Gene flow / genetic drift

Natural selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is the process that ultimately creates new variations and changes in DNA; leads to the creation of new alleles

Mutation

Microevolution

Natural selection

Gene flow / genetic drift

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Today, the Afrikaner population has an unusually high frequency of the gene that causes Huntington's Disease, because the Dutch colonists happened to carry that gene with unusually high frequency.

Gene flow

Natural Selection

Bottleneck Effect

Founder Effect.

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