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Darwin's Theory of Evolution Concept Questions
Miller Ch.15
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Biology
9th Grade
05/14/2009

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What was Charles Darwin's contribution to science?
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What pattern did Darwin observe among organisms of the Galapagos Island
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How did the fossils Darwin observed compare with the living organisms he studied?
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What did Darwin's travels reveal to him about the number and variety of living species?
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What is evolution? Why is evolution reffered to as a theory?
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What is a fossil?
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How did Hutton and Lyell describe geological change?
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According to Lamarck,, how did species evolve?
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What was Malthus' theory of population growth?
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What are some ways the Earth has changed over time?
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What two ideas from geology were important in Darwin's thinking?
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According to Lamarck, how do species acquire traits?
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According to Malthus, what factors limited population growth?
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How did Lyell's PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY influence Darwin?
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How is natural variation used in artificial selection?
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How is natural selection related to a species' fitness?
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What evidence of evolution did Darwin present?
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What event montivated Darwin to publish his ideas?
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What did Darwin mean when he described certain organisms as "more fit" than others?
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How can two species that look very different from each other be more closely related thann two other species that look similar to each other?
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What are homologous structures?
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How is artificial selection dependant on variation in nature?
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The theory of evolution by natural selection explains, in scientific terms, how living things evolve over time. What is being selected in this process?
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What types of evidence did Darwin use to support his thoery of change over time?
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