VA SOL Evolution

VA SOL Evolution

8th Grade

30 Qs

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VA SOL Evolution

VA SOL Evolution

Assessment

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Science

8th Grade

Hard

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

+7

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When organisms are better adapted to their environment, they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called ___.

natural selection

evolution of all species

selective breeding

cloning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is it called when all of the organisms of a species completely die out?

Extinction

Adaptation

Mutations

Fossilization

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the theory that evolution happens as a result of natural selection?

Charles Darwin

Robert Hooke

Matthias Schleiden

James Watson

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a DNA sequence is copied, sometimes mistakes occur in the new strand of DNA. What do we call these mistakes?

Mutations

Transcription

Adaptations

Chargaff's rule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is likely to happen if a mutation causes a favorable change in an organism, helping to increase its survival?

The mutation will be passed on to its offspring

The organism will not be accepted by members of its population

The mutation will disappear from the organism over time

The organism will die an early death due to genetic complications

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A slight change in a hawk's sight enables it to see and catch its prey easier and helps it to better survive than hawks without the change. This change is called a / an ___.

adaptation

adjustment

evolution

extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the field mice that live in a field of light colored grass have tan fur. One of the mice is born with black fur. What could cause the black fur color?

mutation

selective breeding

adaptation

natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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