Natural Selection Test Review

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Erica James
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If their environment changes to have only seeds in thick shells, which blue jays will survive?
Hummingbirds with long beaks.
Blue jays with thin beaks.
Ducks with thinner feathers.
Blue jays with thick beaks.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If their environment changes to have only long flowers, which hummingbirds will survive?
Guppies with large spots.
The environment turned yellow.
Hummingbirds with long beaks.
Blue jays with thick beaks.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If their environment changes to have many bighorn sheep, which of the following cactus populations will most likely survive?
Those with longer spines.
Ducks with thicker feathers.
Guppies with large spots.
The environment turned red.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The current population of guppies lives in an environment that has always had large rocks. Could there ever have been guppies with small spots in this population?
A guppy could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the small-spot trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
A squirrel could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the black trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
Guppies with large spots.
A squirrel could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the gray trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If their environment changes to have very warm water, which of the following duck populations will most likely survive?
Guppies with large spots.
Ducks with thinner feathers.
Those with longer spines.
Blue jays with thin beaks.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-5
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the beginning there were equal amounts of red and yellow tree boas. After 50 generations, there were only red boas. What happened to the environment that caused this?
Guppies with large spots.
The environment turned yellow.
Those with longer spines.
The environment turned red.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The population of squirrels shown above lives in an environment that has always had black trees. Could there ever have been squirrels with gray fur in this population?
A guppy could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the small-spot trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
A squirrel could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the black trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
A squirrel could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the gray trait and lived for a little while, but it would have been more likely to die before it had any offspring.
There were more floods. With each generation, more lizards with short legs survived long enough to pass on the gene for short legs to their offspring.
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NGSS.MS-LS3-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
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