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Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Authored by Donny Warrecker

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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Darwin's Theory of Evolution
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Darwin noticed that many plants and animals seemed well suited to

being preserved as fossils

providing humans with food

surviving in their specific environment

swimming from South America to the Galapagos Islands

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed

completely unrelated species on each of the islands

species exactly like those found in South America

somewhat similar species, with traits that suited their particular environments

species completely unrelated to those found in South America

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Based on the adaptations Charles Darwin observed in finches and tortoises in the Galapagos, he wondered

if the species living on different islands had been members of the same species

if finches and tortoises had originated from the same ancestral species

if all birds on the different islands were finches

why all tortoises on the different islands were identical

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4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Geologists Hutton and Lyell suggested that

Earth is many millions of years old

geological processes that shaped the Earth are still happening today

the Earth is a few thousand years old

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of Hutton and Lyell?

Earth is relatively young

If the Earth changes, life must change as well

All geological change is caused by living organisms

The processes that formed old rocks on Earth do not operate today

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is a major concept included in Lamarck's theory of evolution?

Change is the result of survival of the fittest

Species change over time by passing on acquired characteristics

Population size decreases the rate of evolution

Artificial selection is the basis for evolution

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that

in the human population, people die faster than babies are born

there soon would be insufficient food and living space for the growing human population

in the 1700s, England needed more housing

the majority of species' offspring die

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