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Species Change Over Time

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

7th Grade

NGSS covered

Species Change Over Time
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

there were different predators on the islands

there were different foods on the islands

there were different amounts of water to drink on the islands

the islands had different climates

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the term that describes organisms changing over time?

mutation

evolution

extinction

fossilization

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Darwin came up with the theory that evolution happens over time as organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive to pass on their DNA. What is this process called?

extinction

fossilization

natural selection

variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Over time, the organisms that are "fittest" will survive and reproduce, passing on the more favorable genes for a specific environment. What is this process called?

overproduction

adaptation

extinction

specialization

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Imagine this is the most common color pattern for anoles on an island. Then an insect pest wipes out the normal species of trees and a new species of tree with much darker bark replaces it. What is likely to happen to the population of anoles on this island over time?

the anoles' current color pattern will continue to be the most common one after many generations

the anoles will develop webbed feet over many generations for swimming

the anoles' color pattern will change randomly to some new color after many generations

the anoles' color pattern will shift over many generations to a darker pattern being the most common

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the term that refers to when all the members of a species have died?

fossilization

adaptation

mutation

extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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True or False: Mutations can be helpful because they create new variations in a species.

true

false

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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