Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Darwin's explanation for evolution was dependent on which scientific concept?
The ability of organisms to learn
The existence of variations in a population
The significance of social behaviors to survival
The relationship between size and survival
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Studying the differences between fossils and modern organisms helps scientists better understand the-
role of mutation in the life functions
primary function of key macromolecules
adaptation of organisms through acquired traits
evolution of organisms over time
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Five species of frogs that live in separate habitats within 5 non-overlapping ranges along the Mississippi River share a common ancestor. Which process is most likely responsible for the formation of these five distinct species?
Geographic isolation
Physiological isolation
Behavioral isolation
Reproductive isolation
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A group of ponies lives in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Reserve in Virginia. The development of longer legs over time would be selected for if-
it prohibited the long-legged ponies from using available food sources
it made the long-legged ponies run more slowly
it increased the survival rate of the long-legged ponies
it decreased the rate of reproduction of the long-legged ponies
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NGSS.MS-LS4-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shown represents a cross-section of undisturbed rock layers. A scientist discovers bones of a complex vertebrate species in layer B and C. In which layer would an earlier, less complex form of this vertebrate most likely first appear?
A
B
C
D
E
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a certain area of undisturbed layers of rock, fossils of horseshoe crabs my be found in the upper layer, and a lower layer contains fossils of trilobites. Trilobites are extinct aquatic arthropods resembling modern horseshoe crabs. This information suggest that-
horseshoe crabs will soon become extinct
horseshoe crabs and trilobites are completely unrelated organisms
horseshoe crabs may have evolved from trilobites
trilobites may have evolved from horseshoe crabs
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The leg structures of many different vertebrates are quite similar in number and location of bones. Most scientists would probably explain this on the basis of-
needs of the organism
common ancestry
chance occurrence
inheritance of acquired traits
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
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