Evolution Amplify
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Science
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8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do populations change over time?
different traits are passed on depending on which traits are favored by the environment
they mutate
they lose abilities that are no longer useful
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The newt population became more poisonous over
selective breeding
natural selection
the newt's diet
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of organisms of any species is called
natural selection
variation
generation
distribution
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4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why were the newts with the poison gene able to live longer than those newts without the poison gene?
the newts with the poison gene were able to live longer than the other newts
the newts with the poison live longer because they are able to reproduce more than the other newts
both claims are correct
neither claim is correct
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The poison of the newt was a(n) __________________________ against the snakes in the environment.
generation
distribution
non-adaptive trait
adaptive trait
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which is NOT an example of mutations allowing the population to survive the environmental change?
a mutation for fur to protect against a change in the temperature
a mutation in poison to protect against an increase of snakes in the environment
an organism continuing to express the same genes regardless of changes in the environment
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A new trait will only become more common in a population if it is _______________________________
harmful to predators
adaptive
recessive
dominant
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NGSS.HS-LS4-2
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