History of Evolutionary Thought Lesson

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: The earth is about 2000 years old.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What happens when a population grows bigger than the surrounding environment can support?

• Nothing, the population continues to grow with no limits.

• The population has grown too large and therefore will go completely extinct.

• Individuals in the population begin dying because of the increase in competition for resources.

• A few individuals die but then the population continues growing.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Giraffes necks are long because over time stretching for food high in the trees caused their necks to lengthen.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Evolution is a random process that acts on a range of phenotypes in a population.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: The Galapagos Islands have many diverse species.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

In addition to his observations of the species living on the Galapagos Islands, what did Darwin collect to help him construct his theory of evolution?

• fossils

• animal feces

• live organisms

• dirt from each island

Multiple Choice

Which scientist developed the binomial nomenclature system?

• Aristotle

• Charles Lyell

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin