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Grade 9 Natural Selection & Adaptation Worksheet with Answers
Grade 9 (US) · Year 10 (UK) · Class 9 (India) · Biology
Unit 3: Evolution & ClassificationNatural SelectionNGSS HS-LS4-4
Variation, mutation and natural selection, and how populations change over generations. This free high school worksheet has 11 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Natural Selection · NGSS HS-LS4-4
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RememberNatural selection
- 1
What evidence supports evolution?
- 2
Darwin's finches had different beak shapes. Why?
- 3
What is artificial selection?
- 4
Why do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?
- 5
Peppered moths turned darker during the Industrial Revolution. Why?
- 6
Give an example of artificial selection.
- 7
Do individuals evolve during their lifetime?
- 8
Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- 9
What is a mutation?
- 10
What is variation?
- 11
What is natural selection?
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Answer key — Natural Selection & Adaptation (Grade 9)
- 1.fossils, DNA similarities and similar body structures
- 2.beaks adapted to different foods on different islands
- 3.humans breeding plants or animals for chosen traits
- 4.resistant bacteria survive and pass on the trait
- 5.dark moths were better hidden on sooty trees and survived more
- 6.dog breeds or crop varieties (any one)
- 7.no — populations evolve over generations
- 8.Charles Darwin
- 9.a change in DNA
- 10.differences in traits among individuals of a species
- 11.individuals with helpful traits survive and reproduce more
- ★the match
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.fossils, DNA similarities and similar body structures
- 2.beaks adapted to different foods on different islands
- 3.humans breeding plants or animals for chosen traits
- 4.resistant bacteria survive and pass on the trait
- 5.dark moths were better hidden on sooty trees and survived more
- 6.dog breeds or crop varieties (any one)
- 7.no — populations evolve over generations
- 8.Charles Darwin
- 9.a change in DNA
- 10.differences in traits among individuals of a species
- 11.individuals with helpful traits survive and reproduce more
- ★the match (challenge corner)
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