American Museum of Natural History

Which of these best describes an evolutionary common ancestor?

• a modern-day species that has many related species living today

• an ancestral species that is shared by multiple modern-day species

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What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Darwinism

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The remains or imprints of once-living organisms are called

• mutations

• fossils

• fossil record

• extinction

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Which fossil in the diagram is the youngest?

• fern

• shell

• coral

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Which of the following describes an ankylosaurus fossil?

• a human-made model of an ankylosaurus in a museum

• an ankylosaurus footprint preserved in rock

• a drawing of an ankylosaurus in a book

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Which fossil in the diagram is the oldest?

• shell

• mollusk

• plant

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Which statement about evolution is true?

• Evolution occurs in individual organisms.

• Evolution involves a change in non-inherited traits.

• Evolution occurs over multiple generations.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which word refers to the process by which populations change over time?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Darwinism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is known as?

• adaptation

• genetic variation

• natural selection

• mutation

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Which nerd is an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History?

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson

• Carl Sagan

• Albert Einstein

• Jules Verne