Darwin and the Voyage of the HMS Beagle

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Who was the British naturalist that sent Charles Darwin an essay with similar ideas about evolution through natural selection?

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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What did Darwin observe about the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands?

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Tortoises had different shell shapes depending on the island they were on.

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What term describes any difference between members of the same species?

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Variation

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What is the term for when turtles lay many eggs, but not all of the young survive?

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Overproduction of offspring

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In which group of islands did some of Darwin's most important observations occur?

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Galapagos Islands

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What is the theory that explains how species change over time through natural selection?

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Evolution

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What is the process called when humans breed animals or plants for specific traits?

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Artificial selection

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What is the term for the physical characteristics of an organism?

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Phenotype

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What is the term for the inherited characteristics passed from parents to offspring?

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Heredity

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What is the concept that explains how organisms adapt to their environment over time?

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Adaptation