Natural Selection Review

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Biology
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10th Grade
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Farrah Clark
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called
natural selection
Artificial selection
random selection
genetic manipulation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?
In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species
In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans
In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur
In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Changes in a species over generations, due to changes in the environment
Distribution
Mutation
Adaptation
Resistance
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NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Natural selection is
nature decides changes over time.
a person selecting what will breed for a desired trait.
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the mechanism of evolution in which individuals that are better adapted are more likely to survive and reproduce to pass down their beneficial genes & traits
variation
overproduction
evolution
natural selection
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an inherited trait that increases an organism's change for survival
mutation
adaptation
evolution
overproduction
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Suppose white rabbits and black rabbits live in the same environment where birds are predators. The environment is very snowy and there is plenty of food for both rabbits. One rabbit however is better adapted for this environment. According to the theory of natural selection what will most likely happen to the rabbits?
White rabbits will be favored to survive due to camouflage, so black rabbits will most to a place without white rabbits.
The white rabbit population will likely increase but the black rabbits will decrease in population until they possibly go extinct.
Both rabbit populations will increase because they will adapt by changing color.
The black rabbit population will likely increase but the white rabbits will decrease and possibly go extinct.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-5
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Starlings produce an average of five eggs. If there are more than five the parents cannot adequately feed the young. Fewer than five and predators may destroy them. As a result, five eggs becomes the most common number.
Stabilizing
Directional
Disruptive
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NGSS.MS-LS1-4
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