Evolution Activities 9-17

Evolution Activities 9-17

8th Grade

9 Qs

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Evolution Activities 9-17

Evolution Activities 9-17

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS3-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Brian Warham

Used 4+ times

FREE Resource

9 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any remains of life preserved in a rock is called a...

DNA

embryo

fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists who study fossils are called...

fossilologists

paleontologists

evolutionaries

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Law of Superposition states...

Young rock and fossils are on the top layer, and older rock and fossils are underneath

Older rock and fossils are on the top layer, and younger rock and fossils are underneath

Young and older rock and fossils are both mixed together

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A stratigraphic column is a...

diagram of medicines used to fight antibiotic resistence

diagram of lakes and oceans

diagram representing a series of rock layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Trace fossils are...

always very tiny in size

fossilized footprints and other types of animal tracks

traced onto graph paper for analysis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A molecule that codes for traits in all organisms is called...

DNA

ATP

DBA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Organisms in the early stages of development before they are born or hatched are called...

babies

first borns

embryos

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Selecting and breeding parent organisms with desirable traits is called...

natural selection

artificial breeding

selective breeding

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Genetic modificitation...

involves techniques to change genes in an organisms

involves breeding the best organisms with each other

is a technology we can't do yet

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5