Slime Mold Intelligence and Behavior Quiz

Slime Mold Intelligence and Behavior Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Physarum polycephalum solve mazes?

By using a map

By following light

By leaving chemical trails

By using sound waves

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What triggers Dictyostelium cells to come together?

A sound signal

A change in temperature

A chemical signal

A light signal

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the principle called when organisms act for the benefit of others?

Selfishness

Altruism

Egoism

Individualism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of altruism in nature?

A fish swimming upstream

A bird flying solo

A bee tending to the queen

A lion hunting alone

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Jeremy Narby suggest about our view of nature?

Our concepts of intelligence are limited

Nature lacks intelligence

Slime molds are not intelligent

Humans are the only intelligent species