Evolution Misconceptions

True or false: all of the individuals in a population of the same organism are mostly the same

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or false: mutations are sometimes good

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Changes in characteristics that help organisms survive happen gradually

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Evolution results in progress (organisms are always getting better)

• True

• False

Individual animals can't evolve new or better traits deliberately, even though they need them to survive

• True

• False

Do you think that 'natural selection' means the best characteristics of an animal are always kept from generation to generation?

• No

• Yes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Evolution always happens really slowly

• True

• False

The 'Theory of Evolution' is debatable due to a lack of evidence.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or false: Mutations are a source of variation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or false: Natural selection is random.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4