Bio 5.12 & 5.13

The Galápagos Islands are off the coast of

• England

• Ecuador

• Australia

• California

The Galápagos tortoises have differently shaped shells depending on the island they inhabit.

• True

• False

Tortoises with ______ shells can reach up to eat plant leaves above their head.

• saddle-shaped

• dome-shaped

Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

• True

• False

Which of the following places were along the route of Darwin's voyage of the Beagle?

• Bahia

• Capetown

• Galápagos

• All of these

'Principles of Geology' was written by _____.

• James Hutton

• Charles Davis

• Charles Lyell

• Charles Darwin

________ developed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics.

• Lamarck

• Wallace

• Malthus

• Lyell

The "On Population" essay was written by _____.

• Lamarck

• Malthus

• Darwin

• Lyell

If new varieties of a species could be created through artificial selection, then Darwin thought this could also happen in nature over a longer period.

• True

• False

Darwin was influenced by earlier thinkers, including _____.

• Lamarck

• Malthus

• Lyell

• All of these