Charles Darwin made his famous observations in

• England

• Africa

• Galapagos Islands

• Australia

Darwin's finches had different shaped beaks. This was largely due to

• They were different types of birds altogether

• Different food sources

• They were from different parts of the world

• Predators on the island

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Development of new organisms from preexisting types of organisms over time. Also defined as change in the genes of a population from one generation to the next.

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Extinction

• Evolution

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Well-supported explanation for some aspect of the natural world that incorporates many observations, inferences, and tested hypotheses

• Idea

• Belief

• Theory

• Law

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Spent time reconstructing the appearance of organisms from fossils found in the strata.

• Lamarck

• Cuvier

• Darwin

• Lyell

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Cuvier explained his evidence with the idea of

• Evolution

• Natural selection

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

Thought that organisms could acquire traits through their lifetime and pass them on to their offspring

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Lyell

• Cuvier

Which was not a part of Darwin's theory of Natural Selection?

• Overproduction

• Genetic variation

• Acquired characteristics

• Struggle to survive

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In survival of the fittest, who are the fittest?

• Those that are born

• Those that are able to reproduce

• Those that eat more than their competition

• Those that can outrun their predators

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What was the name of Darwin's ship?

• HMS Eagle

• HMS Finch

• HMS Tortiose

• HMS Beagle