Evolutionary Biology

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Science
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10th Grade
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Hard
+7
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Charles Barkley
Isaac Newton
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
reproduce
become extinct
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The separation of a group of individuals from the rest of the population is referred to as
genetic drift
natural selection
geographic isolation
survival of the fittest
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Because they come from dominant alleles.
Because they come from recessive alleles.
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Predict which moth would increase in population
light
dark
they would be 50:50 due to random variation
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Evolution is considered to be one of the most important theories in science, because it
was developed more than 100 years ago.
is not supported by the fossil record.
unites the fields of biology, geology, chemistry, and ecology.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
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