Galapagos Finch Evolution

How many species of beetles alone are in the world?

• 200,000

• 300,000

• 400,000

• 500,000

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The Galapagos Islands are young compared to much of the Earth. How old are they?

• 500,000 years

• 2 million years

• 5 million years

• 10 million years

The habitats that animals live in on the Galapagos Islands are __________.

• varied

• mostly the same

What evidence now confirms that the finches on the Galapagos came from the same branch of finches?​ (a)  

• DNA
• eyewitness accounts
• historical records
• stories passed down
• finch cave drawings

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What event caused changes to start to occur to the birds on the Galapagos?

• earthquake

• tsunami

• typhoon

• drought

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

During the drought of 1977 researchers found that ______ was the biggest factor in deternining which of the medium ground finches survived.

• bird size

• beak length

• beak hardness

• beak size

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What type of birds survived better after the El Nino rains in 1983?

• small beaks

• long beaks

• big beaks

• curved beaks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What attracted members of the opposite sex to the different bird species?

• The bird's call or sound

• The bird's personality

• What the bird looked like

• If the bird had a lot of money

Species are considered different when they ______

• don't sing the same songs

• won't mate with each other

• do different mating dances

• have different beaks