QUIZ: Evolution

What was Darwin's hypothesis on the origins of life?

• The Earth is much older than thousands of years
• Species that do not use their traits will lose them over time
• Species will evolve to perfection
• Separate species may have arisen from an original ancestor

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What shows us the evidence of evolution?

• Fossil Record
• Geographic Distribution of Living Things
• Climate Change
• Homologous Body Structures
• Similarities in Early Development

What was one of the animals that Darwin observed to help form his hypothesis?

• Orangutans
• Tortoises
• Giraffes
• Fossils of humans

What is the name of the book that Darwin published?

• Principles of Geography
• The Journey Home
• On the Origin of Species
• Inheritance of Acquired Traits

What is NATURAL SELECTION?

• Differences among individuals of a species
• Members of each species have to compete for food, shelter, other life necessities
• Changes in inherited characteristics of a population over time

What is DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION?

• Each living organism has descended, with changes from other species over time
• Derived from common ancestors
• Nature provides the variation among different organisms, and humans select those variations they find useful

Define EVOLUTION:

Define SCIENTIFIC THEORY:

Who is considered to be the father of evolution?

• Jean-Baptiste Lamark
• Charles Lyell
• Charles Darwin
• James Hutton