Patterns and Processes of Evolution

Patterns and Processes of Evolution

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Patterns and Processes of Evolution

Patterns and Processes of Evolution

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-2

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the evolution of a species by gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods?

Zombie apocalypse

Revolution

Transformation

Gradualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the pattern of evolution in which long stable periods are interrupted by brief periods or more rapid change?

Punctuated equalism

Indiana weather

Punctuated equalibrium

Sleep

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the name given to a scientist that studies fossils?

Paleontologist

Oncologist

Herpetologist

Period

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are changes in anatomy, phylogeny, ecology, and behavior that take place in clades larger than a single species?

Microevolutionary patterns

Macroevolutionary patterns

Molecular clock

Species evolutionary patterns

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the extinction caused by slow and steady processes of natural selection?

Background extinction

Total annhilation

Backstand extinction

Backwards extinction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the name given to a species that has died out?

coevolution

gradualism

extinct

exist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other rock layers?

index fossil

relative dating

carbon dating

radiometric dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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