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Conditions for Natural Selection

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

Conditions for Natural Selection
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?

Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase

Lights moths will change their color to match dark moths.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: Natural selection will still occur if individuals are exactly the same.

TRUE

FALSE

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Due to pollution, a pond becomes darker over time. Which trait variation became more common?

light fish

dark fish

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

Evolution

Natural Selection

Extinction

Artifical Selection

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

the best adapted

the fastest

the strongest

the most domesticated (tamed)

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Definition: natural selection

inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

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