Natural Selection

Natural Selection

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-4, HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following must be present for natural selection to occur?

Genetic variation of traits

Small population size

Genetic similarities in a population

Variation in the number of species present

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is natural selection?

Inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

Organisms well-suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

A growing population causes a scarcity of resources

Differences in the DNA sequence of individuals

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Characteristics that an individual acquires in their lifetime, in general, are:

Able to pass to the next generation

Are not able to pass to the next generation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Adaptations are characteristics that:

Arise from deliberate choice by the organism

Support an individual to alter its environment

Serve to maintain similarities between species

Make an individual better-suited to its environment and way of life

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In response to environmental pressure, individuals...

that are less well adapted produce more offspring.

that are less well adapted tend to survive.

in the population survive at random.

that are better adapted tend to survive and reproduce.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Individuals that are better adapted to environmental change are able to:

select specific characteristics to pass to their offspring

pass on heritable characteristics to their offspring

remove heritable characteristics from their offspring

all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Natural selection increases the frequency of:

Random mutations within a species

Characteristics that make individuals less well adapted

Change within a species

Characteristics that make individuals better adapted

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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