Amplify Evolutionary History Vocabulary

What is the term for a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring?

• Trait

• Feature

• Attribute

• Quality

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do we call the variety of different species in a given area?

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Population Density

• Habitat Fragmentation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the term for the study of how organisms change over time?

• Genetics

• Evolutionary Biology

• Ecology

• Microbiology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Speciation

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the term for the gradual change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What term describes when something stays mostly the same over time?

• Stability

• Change

• Variability

• Instability

What is a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group?

• Bar Chart

• Histogram

• Pie Chart

• Line Graph

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations?

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Mutation

• Gene Flow

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the term for a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

• Genus

• Species

• Family

• Order

What is the term for the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Evolutionary Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4