Evolution Quiz

​ (a)   selection is when humans choose traits of an organism like breeding dogs

• Artificial

• Natural

• Analogous traits

Structures that serve a similar purpose but the organisms do not share ancestors are

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Vestigial

• Dichotomous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

​ evolution is when different species have a similar structure, like fins on a shark and on a dolphin, but have different ancestors

• convergent

• divergent

• genetic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

evolution is when species from a similar ancestor have their sturctures evolve differently to adapt to their surroundings, like horse legs and people legs.

• Divergent

• convergent

• phenotype

• dichotomous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

​ (a)   was a naturist, who studied​ (b)   on the Galapogos island.

• Charles Darwin

• plants and animals

• Robert hooke

• Watson and Crick

• airplanes

• HMS Beagel

What is the process by which living organisms change over time through inherited characteristics called?

• Mutation

• Selective Breeding

• Evolution

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What term describes the process where organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

• Extinction

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Inherited Characteristics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a change in the DNA sequence of an organism which can lead to variation in populations known as?

• Trait

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Selective Breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What are traits that are passed down from parents to offspring genetically called?

• Population

• Inherited Characteristics

• Mathematical Representation

• Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do we call a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?

• Trait

• Population

• Inherited

• Successive Generations