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Evolution

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS4-2, NGSS.MS-LS4-4 · England: KS2 Y6 Evolution and inheritance

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  1. Question 1

    True or false? Fossils give evidence of living things from long ago.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  2. Question 2

    Why does evolution usually take a very long time?

    • A. Animals evolve only on birthdays.
    • B. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.
    • C. It happens in one animal's lifetime.
    • D. It never happens.

  3. Question 3

    True or false? An animal can change its body by wanting to, and pass that on.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  4. Question 4

    Mary Anning found fossils of sea reptiles on the English coast in the 1800s. Why were her finds important?

    • A. They showed dinosaurs lived with people.
    • B. They proved the sea was always the same.
    • C. They were made of gold.
    • D. They showed that living things very different from today's once existed and became extinct.

  5. Question 5

    True or false? An animal can change its body by wanting to, and pass that on.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  6. Question 6

    Why does evolution usually take a very long time?

    • A. It never happens.
    • B. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.
    • C. It happens in one animal's lifetime.
    • D. Animals evolve only on birthdays.

  7. Question 7

    True or false? Evolution happens to one animal during its life.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  8. Question 8

    Giraffes have long necks. Which explanation fits evolution by natural selection?

    • A. Necks grow when giraffes sleep standing up.
    • B. Giraffes born with longer necks reached more food, survived and had more young.
    • C. Each giraffe stretched its neck and passed the stretch to its babies.
    • D. Giraffes decided to grow longer necks.

  9. Question 9

    True or false? Fossils give evidence of living things from long ago.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  10. Question 10

    Why does evolution usually take a very long time?

    • A. It happens in one animal's lifetime.
    • B. It never happens.
    • C. Animals evolve only on birthdays.
    • D. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.

  11. Question 11

    True or false? Evolution happens to one animal during its life.

    • A. True
    • B. False

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  1. True
  2. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.
  3. False
  4. They showed that living things very different from today's once existed and became extinct.
  5. False
  6. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.
  7. False
  8. Giraffes born with longer necks reached more food, survived and had more young.
  9. True
  10. Changes build up slowly over many, many generations.
  11. False