Setup Evolution

Many different groups of organisms have wings, even though they do not share a recent common ancestor. This is because they evolved in environments with similar selective pressures. Wings are an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following would represent a sudden environmental change?

• Wildfire

• Global Warming

• Competition for food

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction 

• Artificial Selection

A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.

• Ancestor

• Skeleton

• Fossil

• Imprints

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Camaflouge

• Mimicry

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A mistake or change that occurs in the DNA sequence is called a ______________________.

• Extinction

• Speciation

• Mutation

• Genetic Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Change over time...

• Evolution

• Nucleotide 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence

• exactly the same DNA sequences

• no proteins in common

• completely different DNA sequence

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the process in which populations CHANGE gradually over time?

• evolution

• species

• variation

• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Select ALL the parts of Natural Selection.

• overproduction

• evolution

• variation

• selection

• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4