Natural Selection

Which location had short giraffes as the

non-adaptive trait?

• Population in Niger

• Population in Somalia

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The amount of large riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of small riverbed rocks increased.

• The amount of riverbed rocks did not change.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which prediction demonstrates white fur as the adaptive trait?

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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How did the cactuses evolve from 1970 to 2015?

• Medium spine size became an adaptive trait.

• Medium spine size became a non-adaptive trait.

• Small and large spine sizes became adaptive traits.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What change in the environment caused the evolution?

• The tree bark became gray.

• The tree bark became black.

• The tree bark became black and gray.

• The tree bark became white.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

True or false? Thick beaks are the non-adaptive trait in the population.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why did the population evolve from medium to thick?

• Medium is the adaptive trait.

• Thick is the non-adaptive trait.

• The environment became more cold.

• The environment became more hot.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What happens to giraffes over generations when they are moved from the wild and placed in the nature preserve?

• Giraffe height becomes shorter.

• Giraffe height becomes taller.

• Giraffe height does not change.

• Giraffe height becomes medium.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor

• light colored moths

• dark colored moths

• red colored moths

• red and light colored moths

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Genetic diversity in a species makes long term survival of some members

• impossible

• improvable

• more likely

• less likely

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4