Biology Released Test

Natural selection only works on...

• phenotypes

• genotypes

• alleles

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What do we call structures that no longer perform their original function?

• Natural Selection

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Homologous Structure

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in an environment?

• variation

• adaptation

• selection

• overproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism that produces its own food supply from the sun is called...

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do you call the plant at the beginning of every food chain?

• producer

• consumer

• heterotroph

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is an example of primary succession?

• Hawaii covered in lava rock after a volcanic explosion.

• Louisiana after a flood.

• California after a wildfire.

• California after a drought.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When one organism captures and feed on another.

• predation

• symbiosis

• Producer

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Charles Darwin made many observations on his famous voyage around the world. Which place was the most note worthy?

• North America

• Asia

• the Galapagos Islands

• North America

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Name the experiment that demonstrated that lightening may have helped create Earth's first organic molecules.

• Mac-Donald's

• Miller-Urey

• Hardy-Weinberg

• Darwin's