WorksheetsNatural Selection (8th Grade)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The mechanism of evolution in which organisms that are better suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce.
Artificial Selection
Mutation
Trait
Natural Selection
The different occurrences of the same trait among individuals of the same species (hair color, eye color, height, etc.).
Trait
Variation
Mutation
Gene
A characteristic belonging to a population or organism.
Variation
Natural Selection
Gene
Trait
Part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s) and determines some of an organism’s characteristics.
Mutation
Gene
Bacteria
Cell
A process in which humans choose specific traits they want and breed organisms together for those specific traits.
Natural Selection
Variation
Artificial Selection
Mutation
Microscopic, single-celled organism that can be found in diverse environments.
Reptile
Bacteria
Fungi
Mammal
A famous biologist and naturalist who is known for his contributions to the study of evolution through the process of natural selection.
Galileo Galili
Christopher Columbus
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
A scientist who studies living things
Chemist
Physicist
Biologist
Astronomer
A scientific theory that states that species change over many generations.
Gravity
Laws of Motion
Evolution
Survival
A trait that an organism acquires over many generations that allow it to survive and reproduce.
Gene
Adaptation
Mutation
Bacteria
