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WorksheetsMaking of a Theory
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What question was Alfred Russell Wallace trying to answer?
Why do fires start on ships?
Where do species come from?
Does Charles Darwin like me?
Charles Darwin was invited to sail on the Beagle, for a trip
to China
to Boston
to Puerto Rico
around the world
Darwin was an amateur
naturalist
epidemiologist
paleontologist
geneticist
Darwin was very lucky to have a microscope because
there was a microscope shortage at that time
microscopes were only available in France
in the 1800's only wealthy people could afford them
When Darwin thought, "If hell had a garden, this is what it would look like," he was referring to
the Malay Archipelago
his home in England
the Galapagos Islands
the Sahara dessert
Species that Darwin observed in the Galapagos included all these except
armadillos
iguanas
mockingbirds
tortoises
As he examined his specimens from the Galapagos Islands, Darwin realized
he had too many dead animal specimens
species might change
the birds on the different islands were the same
tortoises on different islands had the same shells
Which of these was not part of Darwin's "big idea"?
species change into new species
giant sloths and armadillos became extinct because of human activity
today's species are descended from older, extinct types
all species are connected in a family tree
Why did Darwin keep his ideas about evolution secret for so long?
His ideas were radical and went against church teachings.
He was too busy to publish a book.
Nobody knew he was a naturalist.
Which is the best description of the Malay Archipelago?
A supercontinent in ancient times
A series of islands between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Islands off the coast of England
A continent near the Galapagos Islands
Wallace's study of species in South American and the Malay Penninsula led him to conclude that
similar species can live on opposite sides of the plant
the more closely two species live, the more closely they are related
birds and butterflies are closely related
Which of these statements about marsupials is true?
Marsupial babies grow up in pouches
Marsupials can be found in Australia
Marsupials can be found in the Malay archipelago, close to Australia
All of these statements are true
The Wallace line is at the meeting of two tectonic plates and explains that
geography doesn't affect evolution
the history of the planet affects distribution of species
According to Thomas Malthus, what effect did famine, disease, and death have on the human population?
kept human population from growing rapidly
caused a rapid decline in human population
Wallace's concept of variation is that
Individuals with a variation that gives them an advantage will survive, reproduce, and pass on that trait.
All individuals will reproduce.
Individuals within a species are nearly identical.
