Evolution Quiz

Darwin observed the finches on the Galapagos island were similar in form except for variations of their beaks. He deduced that these variations were useful for

• surviving the cold

• getting food

• building nests

• attracting a mate

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What was the name of the famous book on evolution published by Charles Darwin?

• Evolution for Dummies

• On the Origin of the Species

• Survival of the Fittest

• Natural Selection

Different species are related because, going back a very long time, they have a common ancestor.

• True

• False

• ??

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Evolution is...

• where the best-adapted organisms are more likely to survive and breed

• the slow change of a species over time

• changes that take place during an organism's lifetime

• Not sure...

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Charles Darwin was best known in the 19th century for:

• creating the idea of evolution

• creating the idea of uniformitarianism

• making the idea of evolution acceptable for scientists and the educated general public

• all of the above

Charles Darwin concluded that the 13 species of finches on the Galápagos Islands:

• were identical to 13 finch species in northwestern South America 600 miles to the east

• probably evolved from one ancestral South American species

• had all adapted to the same food sources

• All of the above

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Through careful observation, Charles Darwin came to understand that:

• populations of plants and animals in nature most often consist of individuals that are clones of each other

• those individuals whose variation gives them an advantage in staying alive long enough to reproduce are more likely to pass their traits on to the next generation

• populations of a species that become isolated from others by adapting to different environmental niches quickly become extinct

• all of the above

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Successful organisms pass on characteristics because...

• they survive, breed and pass on genes

• they are more successful at competing

• they are less likely to die of a disease

• they survive and breed

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In "survival of the fittest" - the fittest organisms are...

• The best adapted to their environment

• the ones that can run the fastest

• the largest organisms

• the ones that can produce the most offspring

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Natural selection results in

• Evolution due to survival of the fittest

• Extinction due to artificial selection

• Extinction due to natural selection

• Extinction due to underpopulation

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