BH5 The Evolutionary Epic: Crash Course Big History #5 Quiz

Who traveled around the world on the HMS Beagle?

• John Green

• Herbert Spencer

• Thomas Huxley

• Charles Darwin

What is the keystone of the evolutionary story?

• Natural selection

• Symbiosis

• Survival of the fittest

• Genetic mutation

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Which phrase is commonly but incorrectly attributed to Darwin?

• Survival of the fittest

• Non-random selection

• Natural selection

• Adaptive radiation

What is the term for the rapid evolution of new species to fill empty niches?

• Adaptive radiation

• Symbiosis

• Genetic drift

• Natural selection

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Which period is known for the first extensive fossil evidence for multicellular organisms?

• Cambrian

• Silurian

• Ordovician

• Ediacaran

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What was the dominant group of animals during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods?

• Mammals

• Dinosaurs

• Arthropods

• Amphibians

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What event is referred to as the 'Great Dying'?

• Ordovician extinction

• Permian extinction

• Devonian extinction

• Triassic extinction

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Which group of animals evolved to have less porous skin and protective eggs?

• Arthropods

• Amphibians

• Fish

• Reptiles

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What is the term for the cooperative relationship between different species?

• Symbiosis

• Natural selection

• Genetic mutation

• Adaptive radiation

Which period saw the first tentative steps of photosynthesizers onto land?

• Devonian

• Silurian

• Ordovician

• Cambrian

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