Evolution Quiz

What is evolution?

• A process where traits in a population change over time

• A physical characteristic of an individual

• A molecule that carries genetic information

• A group of individuals that live in the same area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Evolution occurs in individual organisms?

• True

• False

In Natural Selection, organisms with ​ (a)   traits will survive and have babies. Organisms with ​ (b)   traits will die and have no babies. Overtime, the population evolves.

• better
• worse
• evolution
• traits

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In a dark-colored forest, which of the following statements is true? Select all that are true

• light-colored moths will survive and have babies

• dark-colored moths will survive and have babies

• light-colored moth population will decrease over time

• dark-colored moth population will decrease over time

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is convergent evolution?

• process where traits in a population change over time

• an ancestor that two or more species share

• different species that live in similar environments evolve similar traits

• species with a common ancestor evolve differences and become 2 species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is a common ancestor?

• a molecule that carries genetic information

• an ancestor that two or more species share

• a type of evolution

• a process where traits in a population change over time

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This moth has an advantage in natural selection, they will survive and have babies.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4