Human Adaptation and Natural Selection

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS

MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4

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Jasmine Johnson

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Human Adaptation and Natural Selection

April 27th, 2021 & May 4th, 2021

We will be on this topic for 2 weeks

Please pay attention as it all builds on each other.

Multiple Choice

Biological evolution is...

Any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations.

A field of study where one studies weather.

The study of rock strata.

Multiple Choice

What is evolution?

change over time

a feature in Pokemon Go

when the same characteristics appear throughout the years

Multiple Choice

Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience

environmental changes

genetic changes

geological changes

extinction

Multiple Choice

A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.

Ancestor

Skeleton

Fossil

Imprints

Multiple Choice

Who is the father of evolution?

Darwin

Mendel

Newton

Einstein

Multiple Select

Biological fitness is the ability to:

Survive

Reproduce

Die

Learn

Multiple Choice

To adjust to a changing environment

Mutation

Adapt

Multiple Choice

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found

At the top of the rock layers

Near the bottom of the rock layers

In the middle of the rock layers

Somewhat near the surface

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes a species that has become extinct?

fewer members of the species are dying than being born

more members of the species are dying than being born

very few members of a species are alive

all members of a species have died

Multiple Choice

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

natural selection

adaptation

mutation

genetic engineering

Multiple Choice

What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

natural selection

adaptation

mutation

genetic engineering

Multiple Choice

What is Evolution?

When only people change.

When people change from a monkey to a person.

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

When animals change to a human.

Multiple Choice

Who was Charles Darwin?

A man who liked birds.

The man who studied natural selection and became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

A doctor.

A lawyer.

Multiple Select

Pangaea is a theory where all continents began as

one big country

one big continent

Multiple Choice

True or False.
The deeper you go into the earth, the greater the pressure.

True

False

Multiple Choice

The ________is a layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor.

Crust

Mantle

Core

Lithosphere

Multiple Choice

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

The absolute age of rock layers

The age of fossils

The relative age of rock layers

the super powers of squirrels

Multiple Choice

Survival and reproduction of organisms the are best suited in their environment

natural selection

extinction

Multiple Choice

Some members of a group may have _______________ that are slightly better than other traits that help them survive.

options

friends

traits

offspring

Multiple Choice

Which plant or animal has claws and a hard outer shell to help it survive?

crab

giraffe

hawk

butterfly

Multiple Choice

Which plant or animal has a long neck and camouflage to help it survive?

crab

cactus

giraffe

elephant

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