Week 32 Quiz Biology (Darwin's Dangerous Idea)

Who said that if human population continued to grow, there wouldn't be enough food for everyone?

• Lamarck

• Lyell

• Malthus

• Hutton

Charles Darwin’s observation that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches 
 

• have the ability to interbreed.
  have the ability to interbreed.
• acquired traits through use and disuse.
• all eat the same type of food.
• descended from a common ancestor.

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

Who developed the theory of evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Mike Tyson

• George Washington

• Patton Manning

Darwin's expedition was called the Voyage of the _________.

• Mayflower

• Beagle

• World

• Galapagos

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 
• Genotypes 
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Charles Darwin was born in what country?

• England

• Scotland

• Ireland

• Wales

what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America