Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Evolution and Natural Selection ~ Misconception ENM052

Changes to the environment cannot lead to changes in the traits of species living in that environment.

Items that test for misconception ENM052 in this project (Original Project) and key idea (When inherited traits are favorable…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
EN043002	Over thousands of years, there will be changes to the environment that could lead to changes in the traits of species.	11%
EN033002	If members of a species were moved to a new environment, many generations later their offspring would have both differences and similarities compared to the original population, because different traits are favorable in different environments.	11%