Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?

People selectively breeding hamsters.

Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.

Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

The environment around Manchester, England, changed during the Industrial Revolution. How did this change affect peppered moths living in the area?

Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

Natural selection favored moths with white wings that were easy for predators to see.

Natural selection favored moths with white wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

Natural selection caused moths with white wings to become extinct.

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

Fossil D is older than fossil C

Fossil A and C are the same age

Fossil B is older than fossil C

Fossils A is older than fossil B

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Because they come from dominant alleles.

Because they come from recessive alleles.

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who is the father of evolution?

Darwin

Mendel

Newton

Einstein

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is another name for natural selection?

survival of the smartest

survival of the fastest

survival of the biggest

survival of the fittest

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1 min • 1 pt

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

homologous

vestigial

variation

adaptation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

evolution

extinction

adaptation

natural selection

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

DNA studies

embryology

extinction

fossil record

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

species

organism

embryology

vestigial

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is this an example of?

diversity of species

variation

vestigial structures

DNA studies

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

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Evolution

27 questions

Who is the father of evolution?

What is another name for natural selection?

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

What is this an example of?

What is this an example of?

Which layer is the oldest?

Predict which moth would increase in population

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