Melanin Unit Review

Melanin Unit Review

9th Grade

26 Qs

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Melanin Unit Review

Melanin Unit Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-LS4-2, HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Carmen Carter

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Individuals with favorable traits survive, reproduce, and pass their traits onto their offspring. This is called

Mutation

Evolution

Natural Selection

Adaptation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Dark moth

Light moth

Both will be equally successful

Neither will be successful

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because organisms with those traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?

2

4

5

6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Is this trait (the shaded individuals) dominant or recessive? Mark only one oval.

dominant

recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

In this pedigree, the shading represents people in the family with dark hair while the unshaded represents blondes. Is dark hair controlled by a dominant or recessive allele? Mark only one oval.

dominant

recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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