Natural Selection

The phrase "Survival of the Fittest" would best describe...

• Natural selection

• Artificial selection

• Selective breeding

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Which is not true about natural selection?

• There must be diversity in the population.

• It is driven by natural processes like predators or weather conditions.

• Humans are involved and can select the most desirable organisms.

• Predators, geological activity, and weather can all have an impact on organisms.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

What is one problem with

artificial selection?

• It takes thousands of years.

• It removes diversity and bad traits can surface.

• It promotes biodiversity of the species.

• It can only happen once a year.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

What changed in the environment that caused the white moths to not pass on genetic information to offspring?

• The factories put smoke into the air, polluting it

• The factory's smoke left the trees black and the white moths were eaten.

• The white moths were the weakest

• The black moths were the strongest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which is NOT true of natural selection?

• It takes place over a relatively long period of time.

• The process happens due to environmental activity.

• Excessive warmer temperatures in a region have caused rabbits with longer fur to slowly disappear.

• It takes place over a relatively short period of time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A green rat snake that lives in the grass and a brown rat snake that lives in the desert is a form of ______________.

• Human Genetic Modification

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Breeding

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which statement is incorrect

about natural selection?

• A single organism can adapt to a cold

  environment by growing longer hair.

• Over time organisms with longer hair will survive better in cold environments

• Humans are not involved in the natural selection process

• The offspring of each generation will likely be more adapted to the environment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Steven Hawking

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?

• Finches

• Turtles

• Tortoises

• Lizards

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4