Wallace and Darwin Quiz

What idea did Charles Darwin introduce in On the Origin of Species?

• Evolution by mutation

• Natural selection

• The Wallace Line

• Genetic engineering

Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?

• A scientist who disproved natural selection

• A botanist who focused on plants in England

• A scientist who came up with a theory of natural selection independently of Darwin

• A co-author of On the Origin of Species

Where did Wallace spend eight years studying plants and animals?

• The Amazon River

• Europe

• Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore

• North America

How many specimens of plants and animals did Wallace collect during his travels?

• About 10,000

• About 50,000

• About 126,000

• Over 1,000,000

Why did Darwin publish Wallace’s essays with his own name included?

• To plagiarize Wallace’s ideas

• To use his influence to spread Wallace’s ideas

• To claim credit for natural selection alone

• To avoid communicating with Wallace

What is the Wallace Line?

• A boundary between continents

• A line dividing regions with Asian species from those with South Pacific and Australian species

• A road named after Wallace in the Amazon

• A method for classifying animal species

How did Wallace feel about Darwin publishing his essays?

• He was upset and stopped working as a scientist

• He was happy that Darwin supported and published his ideas

• He wanted to publish his essays first and was angry

• He ignored Darwin’s actions

What do historians disagree about regarding Darwin’s decision to publish Wallace’s work?

• Wallace’s motivation for sending his essays

• Darwin’s intentions for publishing Wallace’s work

• The accuracy of Wallace’s ideas

• Whether Wallace’s essays were lost

What was Wallace best known for outside of the scientific community?

• His work on the Wallace Line

• His contributions to the idea of natural selection

• His extensive travels and research

• His books about animals

What happened to Wallace later in life?

• He stopped doing scientific research

• He became one of the most famous scientists in the world

• He abandoned his work on natural selection

• He was overshadowed entirely by Darwin