Evolution

All are true of Charles Darwin except:

• He was a British Naturalist.

• He traveled on the HMS Beagle for 5 years.

• He was the first to discover fossils.

• He developed his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.

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Charles Darwin job was a ____________ a person who observes and studies the natural world.

• observationalist
• botanist
• naturalist
• chemist

I formed the theory of evolution by natural selection after my research of various species of finches on the Galápagos Islands. Who am I?

• James Hutton

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

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What did Darwin notice about the Galapagos Island finches that caused him to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection?

• The birds' wings were different shaped to help them fly and swim.
• The birds' feathers blended in with their environment.
• The birds' feet had extra toes to help them scratch for food.
• The birds' beaks were shaped differently. Their beaks were shaped so they could eat whatever food was available on each island.

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What was the name of the ship Darwin sailed on?

• HMS Poodle
• HMS Labrador
• HMS Beagle 
• HMS Terrier 

What chain of islands were significant to Darwin's theory of evolution?

• Caimain
• Galapagos 
• Bahamas
• West Indies 

Darwin noted that plant and animal breeders would breed only the largest hogs, the fastest horses, or the cows that produced the most milk. Darwin termed this process ______________ selection.

• Natural
• Formal
• Traditional
• Artificial 

What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell?

• Earth is young
• Earth is unchanging
• Earth has had enough time for evolution
• Earth is not spinning

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What did Hutton and Lyell propose about the processes that changed the earth in the past?

• They said that the earth has not changed.
• They said new processes are changing the earth today.
• They said that the same processes that are changing the earth today changed the earth in the past.
• They said the earth was very young.

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What did Lamarck propose regarding an organisms traits?

• Traits are not passed down to offspring.

• Traits cannot be acquired in an organisms lifetime.

• Traits belong to the parental generation not the offspring.

• Organisms acquired traits that could be passed on to offspring.