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Evolution History Vocab

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

Evolution History Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a related organism from a previous generation?

an adaptive trait

an ancestor

a descendant

a generation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a group of individuals born and living at about the same time?

an adaptive trait

an ancestor

a descendant

a generation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blanks: Species (blank) their body structures from their (blank) populations.

evolve, previous

inherit, descendant

inherit, ancestor

evolve, descendant

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a descendant population?

the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

an older population from which two or more newer species descended

a more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is speciation?

the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

an older population from which two or more newer species descended

a more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

a generation

a species

a population

an ancestor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

Natural selection

Environment

Generation

Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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