Darwin's natural selection and adaptations

What type of bird was the subject of many Darwin's observations:(singular form)

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Darwin concluded that 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands

• were identical to 13 species found in Ecuador and surrounding countries

• probably evolved from one original South American species.

• had adapted to the same food.

• probably evolved from one original South American species.

  AND

  had adapted to the same food.

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Darwin began to formulate his concept of natural selection after...

• experimenting with animals

• reading the writings of Mendel.

• observing many species while aboard the H.M.S Beagle.

• a vision in a dream.

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According to theory, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have...

• variations best suited to the environment.

• the ability to change their bodies to fit the environment

• the best luck.

• the biggest body

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The country east of the Galapagos Islands is

The circular shapes found on some of the Islands are

The line on the small map that runs from east to west is the

When did Darwin publicly share his views?

• While on the H.M.S Beagle

• While at Cambridge University

• When he arrived home from his voyage in 1836

• More than twenty years after his voyage on the H.M.S Beagle

Natural selection is when _____ decides who survives and who doesn't

• humans

• year

• nature

• animals

Other organisms studied on theses islands

• tortoises

• lizards

• penguins

• polar bears

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