S7L5 Vocabulary Words Review

What is biodiversity?

• The permanent loss of a population

• The many species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that exist on Earth

• The state of being real or living

• Data or information that supports a statement.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Environmental factors include living and nonliving things in an environment that affect the survival, growth, and behavior of organisms. True or False?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: _______ is data or information that either supports a statement or shows that it is not true.

• Extinction

• Evidence

• Existence

• Generations

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does extinction mean?

• The state of being real or living

• The permanent loss of a population or species

• A group of related organisms making up a single step in the line of descent

• Information about Earth's history from fossils.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The fossil record provides information about Earth's history that can be gathered from _______.

• Generations

• Biodiversity

• Fossils

• Environmental factors

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Generations refer to a group of related organisms making up a single step in the line of descent. True or False?

• True

• False

What is the range of differences in DNA among vocabulary called?

• Genetic Variation

• Natural Selection

• Population

• Traits

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The theory stating that natural variation exists among organisms, and that the ones best adapted to their environments tend to live and reproduce, passing on to their offspring the genetic qualities best suited to that environment is known as ________.

• Genetic Variation

• Natural Selection

• Population

• Traits

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area is called a ________.

• Genetic Variation

• Natural Selection

• Population

• Traits

What term describes happening one after another in a specific order or sequence?

• Successive

• Survival

• Traits

• Genetic Variation