Natural Selection and Adaptation

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6th - 9th Grade

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NGSS

MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS1-5

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Katherine Heter

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Natural Selection and Adaptation

Multiple Choice

Which method determines a fossil's approximate age by examining which layer of earth is is found in?

radioactive

relative

chemical

Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate method of dating fossils?

radioactive

relative

studying layers in the earth

Multiple Choice

Which radioactive element is most likely used to date once living things?

Uranium

Nitrogen-14

Carbon-14

Multiple Choice

Which type of fossil is this?

imprint

whole body

cast

Multiple Choice

Which type of fossil is this?

imprint

cast

whole body

Multiple Choice

Which type of fossil is this?

cast

whole body

imprint

Multiple Choice

What is survival of the fittest?

It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes

It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes

It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

Multiple Choice

For Darwin, how have animals and plants survived?

Through luck

Through natural selection

Through careful management

Through choice

Multiple Choice

What animals did Charles Darwin study when at the Galapagos Islands?

Giraffes

Seagulls

Seals

Finches

Multiple Choice

Where did Charles Darwin travel to?

Australia

Barbados

Galapagos

Trinidad

Multiple Choice

the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

fitness

natural selection

evolution

Multiple Choice

the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

fitness

natural selection

evolution

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of natural selection?

The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.

Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.

One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.

Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.

Multiple Choice

Why do peppered moths tend to be the same color as the trees on which they live?

The coloring goes along with tasting like the tree.

It keeps the moth the same temperature as the tree.

It makes the moths faster than the birds

It makes the moths harder to see.

Multiple Choice

A large herd of goats lives in a field full of poison ivy. Some goats are able to eat the poison ivy while others have become sick when they eat it. Over time the herd as a whole will tend to

Become more likely to eat poison ivy.

Become less likely to eat poison ivy.

Not change in the proportion of goats that can and can not eat poison ivy.

Eat all the poison ivy and leave only plants all the goats can eat.

Multiple Choice

Humans have been a very successful species on earth. They have very large, very diverse populations spread all around the world. As a result,

Human have very limited ability to adapt to changes in the environment.

Young humans have lower survival rates as compared to other species.

Humans have a potential to adapt to various environmental changes.

All humans are more disease resistant.

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between learned behavior and inherited trait?

Learned behaviors are taught, and inherited traits are passed down from parent to child.

Learned behaviors take years to acquire, and inherited traits take only a short time.

Learned behavior are difficult to accomplish, and inherited traits are easy to accomplish.

Learned behaviors are passed down from parent to child, and inherited traits are taught to children.

Multiple Choice

Some animals undergoes long winter sleep known as

Germination

Hibernation

Reproduction

Multiple Choice

Camels store excess amount of food in their

Humps

Stomach

Legs

Multiple Choice

What genetic change allows organisms to survive natural selection in their environments?

learned behavior

acquired traits

analogies

adaptations

Multiple Choice

An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

Environment

Mimicry

Camouflage

Habitat

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

to hide from predators

to hunt for food

to survive in their habitats

All of these are correct

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