Mechanisms of Evolution

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9th - 12th Grade
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Alyssa Harris
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Males of the bighorn sheep species fight one another to show females who is the dominant male and are more likely to mate with females.
Natural Selection
Mutation
Genetic Drift
Non-Random Mating
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
During a hurricane, a population of beetles almost gets completely wiped out. The only beetles that survived were lucky that they were in their nest at the time of the hurricane and had enough food to survive.
Natural selection
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Non-Random Mating
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Insects become resistant to pesticides very quickly, sometime in one generation. If an insect is resistant to the chemical, most of the offspring will also be resistant. Considering that insect generations can be a matter of weeks, insects in an area can become immune to a chemical within months.
Mutation
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A chemical spill causes the offspring of ladybugs to have blue dots instead of black dots.
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Mutation
Gene Flow
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The country of Sweden is known for having people with blonde hair and blue eyes. One day a family moves from Sweden to India where dark hair and dark eyes are very common. A female from Sweden marries a male from India and their offspring now have blonde hair and blue eyed traits.
Natural Selection
Mutation
Non-Random Mating
Gene Flow
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Some organisms of a population of birds are born with extra-long beaks instead of a normal sized beak.
Gene Flow
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Mutation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In a habitat there are red bugs and green bugs. The birds prefer the taste of the red bugs, so soon there are many green bugs and few red bugs. The green bugs reproduce and make more green bugs and eventually there are no more red bugs
Genetic Drift
Natural Selection
Gene Flow
Mutation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
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