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Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Quiz by Emily Messinger

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13 questions
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  • Q1
    Acquired traits...
    Are found in an organisms DNA
    Are not found in an organisms DNA
    Are passed on from mother and father
    30s
  • Q2
    Who is Charles Darwin?
    A captain
    A geneticist
    A naturalist
    A philosopher
    30s
  • Q3
    What organism is Charles Darwin known for studying?
    Finch
    Frog
    Banana tree
    Turtle
    30s
  • Q4
    What islands did Charles Darwin explore?
    Maldives
    Galapagos
    Bermuda
    French Polynesian
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the process by which populations change over time?
    Evolution
    Growth
    Natural Selection
    Variation
    30s
  • Q6
    Who helped influence Darwin on the idea of earth being old and changing over time?
    Charles Lyell
    Miss Messinger
    Jean Baptiste Lamarck
    Thomas Malthus
    30s
  • Q7
    Thomas Malthus was responsible for influcing darwin that population growth is exponential not linear which is why factors must....
    limit population growth
    encourage population growth
    30s
  • Q8
    Jean Baptiste Lamarck helped Darwin realize that....
    Traits can be passed on to offspring.
    Acquired traits can be passed on to offspring
    30s
  • Q9
    Artificial Selection...
    When animals choose who they mate with.
    Is the natural way breeding happens.
    is selective breeding to pick out certain traits for offspring to inherit.
    30s
  • Q10
    What happens when every member of a species dies?
    Extinction
    Endangered Species are created
    Population Growth
    30s
  • Q11
    True or False: The reason the HMS Beagle stopped at the Galapagos Islands was to study the finches AND iguanas there.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q12
    True or False: Charles Darwin taught artificial selection to farmers on the Galapagos islands.
    False
    30s
  • Q13
    Natural Selection...
    is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in the environment.
    is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do.
    is within a species that has natural differences called variations.
    30s

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