BCPS MS Life CFA Evolution

Which traits were selected for in whale ancestors?

• Traits that helped them walk on land

• Traits that helped them move in water

• Traits that helped them give birth

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• Very similar DNA sequences

• Very different DNA sequences

• The same exact DNA sequences

• No similarity in DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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 types of predators on the islands.

• The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.

• There was no water on the islands.

• There were different food types on each island.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What type of evolution does this picture show?

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• extinction

• coevolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs gradually over time as a slow and constant process is known as

• coevolution

• punctuated equilibrium

• gradualism

• microevolution

Punctuated Equilibrium implies catastrophic events caused natural selection to speed up due to great environmental changes.

• True

• False

Slow changes over a long period of time.

• Gradualism

• Extinction

• Coevolution

• Convergent evolution

Bursts of change followed by periods of stability.

• Punctuated equilibrium

• Gradualism

• Extinction

• Speciation

A number of different species arise from one common ancestor.

• Adaptive Radiation (aka, Divergent Evolution)

• Gradualism

• Coevolution

• Speciation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Sharks and dolphins both have streamlined bodies that allow them to move through water efficiently, this is an example of which type of evolution?

• Divergent

• Coevolution

• Convergent

• Artificial

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2