Amplify Natural Selection Test

Which location had short giraffes as the

non-adaptive trait?

• Population in Niger

• Population in Somalia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the change in distribution of traits from the population at time 1 to the population at time 2?

• Thin blubber increased.

• Thick blubber decreased.

• The distribution did not change.

• Thin blubber decreased and thick blubber increased.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or false? Thick beaks are the non-adaptive trait in the population.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What changed in the environment to cause evolution?

• The water temperature increased.

• The water temperature decreased.

• The water temperature did not change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which location has guppies with medium spot size as the adaptive trait?

• Population in Brazil

• Population in Venezuela

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How did the cactuses evolve from 1970 to 2015?

• Medium spine size became an adaptive trait.

• Medium spine size became a non-adaptive trait.

• Small and large spine sizes became adaptive traits.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which statement is correct about the evolution of guppies?

• Small spot size was the adaptive trait 40 years ago.

• Medium spot size was the non-adaptive trait last year.

• Guppies evolved from large to medium spot size over time.

• Guppies evolved from medium to large spot size over time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Why did the population evolve from medium to thick?

• Medium is the adaptive trait.

• Thick is the non-adaptive trait.

• The environment became more cold.

• The environment became more hot.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What happens to giraffes over generations when they are moved from the wild and placed in the nature preserve?

• Giraffe height becomes shorter.

• Giraffe height becomes taller.

• Giraffe height does not change.

• Giraffe height becomes medium.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5