Download “Darwin`s Dangerous Idea” Movie Questions 1 Why is Natural

“Darwin’s Dangerous Idea”
Movie Questions
1 Why is Natural selection thought of as so important?
2 How did Darwin’s new geological knowledge influence his initial thoughts about natural selection?
3 Why is Darwin’s “Tree of Life” considered the bedrock of biology? Why did his brother say it was “in their
blood?”
4 Explain what “evolutionary forces” created hummingbirds of different species. Besides the tools of Darwin’s
age, what tools did these modern scientists use to study these birds?
5 What evidence can be used to suggest that all living things were from a single “Tree of Life?”
6 What is selective breeding? How does selective breeding (or artificial selection) lead Darwin to his idea of
natural selection?
7 How does the HIV virus allow us to better understand the process of natural selection?
8 What was the difference between Darwin and other Scientists understanding of the importance of homologous
structures?
9 What are the imperfections of the eye and how do they point to the human eye being built by a evolutionary
process?
10 How can a person with a conventional religious belief system believe in evolution?