Who was the British naturalist that sent Charles Darwin an essay with similar ideas about evolution through natural selection?
Darwin and the Voyage of the HMS Beagle

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Alfred Russel Wallace
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What did Darwin observe about the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands?
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Tortoises had different shell shapes depending on the island they were on.
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What term describes any difference between members of the same species?
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Variation
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What is the term for when turtles lay many eggs, but not all of the young survive?
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Overproduction of offspring
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In which group of islands did some of Darwin's most important observations occur?
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Galapagos Islands
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What is the theory that explains how species change over time through natural selection?
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Evolution
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What is the process called when humans breed animals or plants for specific traits?
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Artificial selection
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