Change over time in a population.

Negative traits are acquired in populations.

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better

Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring

Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

You look at two species and see very similar DNA. What does this likely tell you?

These animals have a common ancestor.

These animals are not likely related.

These animals are likely becoming one species.

Which of the following is a factor in natural selection?

Individuals of species compete with one another to survive.

All species are genetically diverse.

Individuals better able to adapt to changes leave more offspring.

What is suggested by the similary of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?

Evolution from a distant common ancestor

No evolutionary relationship between the groups

Similar environments in the past

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Both will be equally successful

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Both will be equally successful

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

The traits of a species can change over time

Populations can survive in different locations on earth

Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

Populations grow when resources are abundant

ability to survive cold weather

A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

both populations should stay the same

the green population to decrease and the yellow to increaseThis is a wrong answer

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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

To look different from other species.

To protect itself against predators.

To protect itself against prey.

In his book On the Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin described how species change over time. Which of the following is NOT part of his observations that describes the mechanisms of natural selection?

Species today descended with modifications from ancestral species.

Organisms produce more offspring than can survive.

Disease and natural disaster will limit population growth.

Organisms with advantages will survive and reproduce.

Theodosius Dobzhansky discovered that successful species tend to have a wide variety of genes that do not appear to be useful to the species in its present environment. What did this discovery help explain about genetics and the changes that occur in a species over time?

Species with greater genetic diversity adapt more easily to changing environments.

Environments with more organisms tend to have more successful species.

Changing environments prevent species from adapting and surviving.

Species in a stable environment are more resistant to a changing environment.

Evolution-Natural Selection

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

Ancestor

Adaptation

Descendant

Fossil

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The information provided by fossils about the Earth's history.

Fossil Record

Extinction

Evolution

Genetic Variation

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

Natural Resources

Survival of the Fittest

Genetic variation

Genetic trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: adaptation

inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: natural selection

inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: fitness

ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment

organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

differences in the DNA sequence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The Theory of Evolution was proposed by what scientist?

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Steven Hawking

Isaac Newton

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Evolution-Natural Selection

39 questions

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

The information provided by fossils about the Earth's history.

A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

Definition: adaptation

Definition: natural selection

Definition: fitness

The Theory of Evolution was proposed by what scientist?

Evolution means...

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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