Question

1) Type in the blank.

Darwin was
years old when he made his famous voyage.



2) Choose the best answer.

What is the name of the islands where Darwin studied tortoises and finches?

Valparaiso

New Zealand

Galapagos Islands

Falkland Islands



3) Matching.

What did Darwin notice about the different species of finches?

The finches differed from their
in South America. Different finches had different
habits and different
and shaped
that matched what they
.




4) Fill in the blank.

What did Darwin propose caused these differences?



5) Choose the best answer.

Who is famous for popularizing the Theory of Evolution?

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

Alfred Wallace

Charles Darwin



6) Choose the best answer.

Who is the person who proposed the theory of evolution at the same time as Charles Darwin?

Albert Einstein

Alfred Wallace

Nikola Tesla

Isaac Newton



7) Choose the best answer.

What is one reason Alfred Wallace might not be as famous as Charles Darwin?

He withdrew his statements.

There is a lot of error in his findings.

He did not confirm his observations.

He did not write as clearly or as plainly as Charles Darwin.



8) Darwin's theory of evolution is based on the following: Select all that apply.

If a species cannot adapt to a changing environment, it becomes extinct.

Only the fastest prey can outrun a predator.

Only the most well-camouflaged prey can avoid being eaten.

Species that can adapt to change in their environment will form a new species.

Every plant or animal came from an existing species and then changed to fit its current environment.

Only the fastest predators get to eat.



9) Choose the best answer.

When humans manipulate the breeding of plants and animals in order to obtain desired traits, it is known as _____.

natural selection

artificial selection

structural adaptation

physiological adaptation



10) Select 3 that apply.

What are the three parts of natural selection?

overproduction

competition

physiological adaptation

structural adaptation

survival of the fittest



11) Choose the best answer.

The process of only the fittest individuals surviving environmental changes is _____.

survival of the fittest

structural adaptation

overproduction

competition



12) Fill in the blank.

What do some scientists today believe causes more adaptations: competition or environmental changes?




13) Drag and drop the correct term for each definition below.


changes in an organism's structure

changes in a body's internal response to environmental changes

changes in organism's behavior
Choices
artificial selection
natural selection
behavioral adaptation
structural adaptation
physiological adaptation

Answer 1

1) 22

2) Galapagos Islands

3) The finches differed from their relatives in South America. Different finches had different feeding habits and different sized and shaped beaks that matched what they ate.

4) Natural selection (adaptation by natural selection)

5) Charles Darwin

6) Alfred Wallace

7) He did not write as clearly or as plainly as Charles Darwin.

8) Select all that apply:
- If a species cannot adapt to a changing environment, it becomes extinct.
- Species that can adapt to change in their environment will form a new species.
- Every plant or animal came from an existing species and then changed to fit its current environment.

9) Artificial selection

10) The three parts of natural selection:
- overproduction
- competition
- survival of the fittest

11) survival of the fittest

12) Environmental changes

13) Matches:
- changes in an organism's structure — structural adaptation
- changes in a body's internal response to environmental changes — physiological adaptation
- changes in organism's behavior — behavioral adaptation