Origin of Species

I have watched the HHMI Video about Darwin: https://youtu.be/XOiUZ3ycZwU

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• No, I will watch it now and take this quiz after

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What was the greatest scientific mystery of Wallace's time?

• how Wallace survived

• where species come from

• how the planets are organized

• where iron comes from

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When Charles Darwin went on his 5 year journey on the HMS Beagle, he and most scientists thought that-

• each species was specifically created by God in its present form and did not change over time

• each species was a product of natural laws and could change over time

• each species had been selectively bred by humans

• each species had evolved into its present form by way of genetic mutation

From fossils Darwin realized...

• that the fossils were radically different from species living today

• that the fossils were similar to species living today

• that the fossils were created by the Devil to trick him

• that the fossils were smaller than species living today.

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Why could Darwin not initially reveal his great idea that species naturally change over time?

• It was obvious and everyone knew it

• He did not have enough evidence

• He was not confident

• He would be challenging society and the accepted idea that God created everything

Wallace observed ______, which made him realize species change over time.

• finches

• butterflies

• turtles

• fish

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True or False: Darwin and Wallace came up with the same idea that species change over time independently on their own.

• True

• False

The book Darwin published was called

• Darwinism

• Evolution

• The Origin of Species

• Biology is Amazing

Darwin and Wallace both gathered a large number of observations and facts on what they based their theories. Which of the following types of evidence was NOT part of the evidence they gathered?

• fossil evidence

• anatomical evidence (anatomy)

• geographical distribution

• genetic evidence (DNA)

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In SCIENCE, which is strongest?

• a hypothesis

• a theory

• an observation

• an idea