Divergent and Convergent Evolution

Divergent and Convergent Evolution

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Divergent and Convergent Evolution

Divergent and Convergent Evolution

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS4-3

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A number of different species arise from one common ancestor.

Adaptive Radiation (aka, Divergent Evolution)

Gradualism

Coevolution

Speciation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Convergent evolution is when

Species share traits due to a common ancestor

Species have similar traits because of similar environment

Species have same traits due to different environments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The kit fox lives in the desert and has large ears with greater surface area that keep the fox from getting overheated.  The red fox lives in the forest and has a red coat that keeps it camouflaged.

divergent evolution

convergent evolution

coevolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The Galapagos finches evolved through natural selection from a common mainland ancestor into a wide variety of different looking species.

divergent evolution

convergent evolution

coevolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

In the ocean surrounding Antarctica, there are fish that survive the cold water by using a molecule made of glycoproteins that circulates the blood and keeps it from freezing.  Certain kinds of worms that live in the Arctic ocean also make antifreeze proteins that help them live in icy water.

convergent evolution

divergent evolution

coevolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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