Wallace and Darwin

Wallace and Darwin

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Wallace and Darwin

Wallace and Darwin

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amy Milam

Used 13+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Who came up with the idea of natural selection?

Charles Darwin

Alfred Russel Wallace

Marie Curie

Isaac Newton

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Where did Alfred Russel Wallace spend four years studying plants and animals?

Europe

South America

Africa

Asia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

How many specimens of plants and animals did Wallace collect during his travels?

150,000

50,000

100,000

10,000

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

In what year did Wallace send his ideas to Darwin?

1858

1860

1850

1855

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What imaginary line did Wallace create to divide the places where Asian animal species live from the places where animals of the South Pacific and Australia live?

Darwin Line

Evolution Line

Wallace Line

Natural Selection Line

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What was the reason for Darwin publishing Wallace's work without permission?

To help spread Wallace's ideas

To stop Wallace from publishing first

Both A and B

None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What was the profession of Alfred Russel Wallace?

Botanist

Astronomer

Chemist

Geologist

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