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WorksheetsWallace and Darwin Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
Describe the contributions of Alfred Russel Wallace to the study of natural selection and why his work was significant.
Explain the relationship between Darwin and Wallace and how their ideas were connected.
