Evolution Unit Test

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection

• embryology

• speciation

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis (hip) bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

• change

• adaption

• species

• variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 

• Variation 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

• Species

• Environmental Change

• Adaptation

• Variation

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The death of every member of a species.

• Competition

• Population

• Extinction

• Evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Bone C: Shows the remnants of pelvic bones on a whale from when the whale used to be a land mammal. These bones no longer serve a function.

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What type of comparative structure is this an example of?

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2