Evolution

Darwin was a well-educated English _____________.

• doctor

• theologian

• philosopher

• poet

Darwin's parents wanted him to study ______________ but he did not like it.

• medicine

• dentistry

• evolution

• mutations

Darwin began to use data from other scientists and his observations to propose an idea of how life became so ______________.

• diverse

• abundant

• highly populated

• homologous

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Darwin noticed that finches (birds) had ____________ specialized for their various sources of food.

• beaks

• feet

• feathers

• teeth

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Which of the following are true? Select all that apply.

• Over time, new finch species developed different beaks in order to survive

• The finch species with old style beaks eventually all died out

• More offspring with the new beaks were able to survive and reproduce

• Finches with any type of beak were able to survive and find food sources

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What was the name of Darwin's book on Natural Selection?

• On the Origin of Species

• Beaks of Finches

• Survival of the Fittest

• Immutability of Species

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The findings of Darwin and several other scientists have destroyed this theory, which says Each individual species was specifically created by God and could NEVER change.

• Immutability of Species

• Natural Selection

• Survival of the Fittest

• Evolution

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The finches with different types of beaks ___________ for food. The ones with the best adapted beaks were able to get more food and survive to produce offspring.

• competed

• begged

• fought

• scavenged

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Said Population outgrow their environments, causing some individuals to die

• Thomas Malthus

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell & James Hutton

• Alfred Russel Wallace

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Said Acquired traits can be inherited, causing changes in offspring. (Much of his theory was disproven)

• Thomas Malthus

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell & James Hutton

• Alfred Russel Wallace