5/11/20- Completion Check

What is the correct definition of variation?

• Possible explanation of observations

• Random difference in members of a population

• Factor that limits a population

• Idea that organisms change over time

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the correct definition of evolution?

• Possible explanation of observations

• Random difference in members of a population

• Factor that limits a population

• Idea that organisms change over time

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the correct definition of hypothesis?

• Possible explanation of observations

• Random difference in members of a population

• Factor that limits a population

• Idea that organisms change over time

What is the correct definition of Environmental Pressure?

• Possible explanation of observations

• Random difference in members of a population

• Factor that limits a population

• Idea that organisms change over time

What are examples of environmental pressures?

Choose more than one answer

• food shortages

• fewer predators

• lack of water

• loss of habitat

• fewer competing species

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In part #3 of the "Challenge" section, what word did you use to fill in this sentence?

*Evolution is extremely __________ ; it's taken over three-and-a-half billion years to create the __________ range of organisms we see today.

• slow / diverse

• diverse / slow

• slow / experimentation

• diverse / fittest

Dogs are an example of:

• A common ancestor

• Selective breeding

• The natural pace of evolution

• Extinction rates rising

Which of the following is an example of an environmental pressure?

• The air pressure in the atmosphere

• Breeding between two members of the same species

• A lake that's gradually running out of water

• A fight between two members of the same species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a common ancestor?

• An animal that has a lot of offspring.

• An animal from which two or more different species evolved.

• An animal that is related to many other species.

• An animal that's good at escaping from predators.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is least likely to be an example of a variation within a species?

• Birth weight

• Hair color

• Number of offspring

• Number of limbs

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4