Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

10th Grade

10 Qs

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Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

Evolution Checkpoint Quizizz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Crystal Wood

Used 7+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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