Evolution NB Quiz 1

a heritable trait that is beneficial to an organism

• Adaptation

• Niche

• Descent with modification

• Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

passing traits from one generation to the next, or heredity

• Adaptation

• Niche

• Descent with modification

• Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

offspring inherit traits from their parents with slight changes

• Adaptation

• Niche

• Descent with modification

• Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The physical and environmental conditions that an organism has adapted to, and the interactions that these organisms have with others

• Adaptation

• Niche

• Descent with modification

• Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In this graph, which line represents the ANIMAL population?

• A

• B

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

In this graph, where is natural selection acting on the population?

• B
• A

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

a diagram that shows the relationships between different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Lineage

• Common ancestor

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Fossils can be dated by determining the age of the rock layer (strata) in which the fossil is found

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Lineage

• Common ancestor

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Any continuous line of descent; those organisms connected by heredity from ancestor to descendent.

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Lineage

• Common ancestor

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An ancestor shared by two or more lineages.

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Lineage

• Common ancestor

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3