Evolution and Extinction

When members of a species breed, their offspring are able to produce offspring.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do humans do that put species at risk? choose 3

• pollution

• deforestation

• overuse of resources

• generate electricity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the four categories of species extinction is when members of a species can no longer be found on Earth? e.g. Woolly Mammoth

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct in the Wild

• Locally Extinct

• Globally Extinct

Which of the four categories of species extinction is when individual species remain alive only in captivity or in other human-controlled situations?

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct in the Wild

• Locally Extinct

• Globally Extinct

This dying out or extermination of a species.

• Endangerment

• Extinction

• Ecologically Extinct

• Extinct Species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do you call the plants or animals that once lived on Earth that have completely disappeared?

• Endangered Species

• Extinction

• Extinct Species

• Ecologically Extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What do you call the plants or animals that are in danger of becoming extinct?

• Endangered Species

• Extinction

• Extinct Species

• Ecologically Extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are the two types of causes of extinction?

• Natural Causes of Extinction

• Standard Causes of Extinction

• Anthropogenic Causes of Extinction

• Civil Causes of Extinction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

There have been _____ mass extinction events in Earth's history.

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?

• endangered

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1