Get kids THINKING! This is more than a “definition style” evolution test! There are diagrams and simple charts to analyze, and the questions mimic how standardized tests generally ask about this topic. This middle school test includes 30 multiple choice questions and 1 open-response question. It is 6 pages long (3 front/back) with an additional 1-sided answer sheet.
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Topics covered include:
- Natural selection (MS-LS4-6)
- Fossil record (MS-LS4-1)
- Anatomical evidence for evolution; similar structures (MS-LS4-2)
- Embryological evidence for evolution (MS-LS4-3)
- Similarities in DNA as evidence of evolution (1 question only)
Standards Covered: NGSS MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-3, MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-6
Less copies and easy to correct – save time with our test packet format! You only have to make one class set of test question packets and then reuse them class to class, as it is only necessary for the students to write on their answer sheet. This test includes an answer key.
Teacher Notes:
Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
- NGSS MS-LS4-2: Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
- NGSS MS-LS4-3: Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
- NGSS MS-LS4-4: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
