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DARWIN’S DANGEROUS IDEA
Name _____________________ Date ________ Per______
1. What was Darwin’s main idea?_______________________________________________________
2. Why Darwin’s ideas of evolution were considered unorthodox in his times?
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3. What birds did Darwin collect on Galapagos island?_______________________________________
4. When did Darwin live?______________________________________________________________
5. What did all life forms evolve from?___________________________________________________
6. What did finches that Darwin studied differ in?
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7. What were beaks of the finches that Darwin brought from Galapagos Islands adapted for?
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8. What did Darwin suggested from observing the finches?
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9. What place did common ancestor of all Galapagos finches come from? (migrated?)
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10. What Darwin didn’t know
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11. What can scientists find out by comparing DNA?
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12. How often can human double in number?
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13. Why this doesn’t happen?
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14. What do organism compete for in nature
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15. Which organisms are more likely to survive?
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16. What/who selects the trait that is advantageous?
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17. What process makes this selection possible?
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18. In your opinion; what does natural selection act on: genotype or phenotype? Explain why you think so.
Use the back of the paper if necessary.
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19. Write a paragraph summarizing what was said in the video about evolution of species. Use your answers to
questions. Words to use (including but not limited to): evolution, environment, species, population, variation,
adaptation, advantage, advantageous (beneficial), change, phenotype, mutation, compete, resorces ……
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