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Chapter 13
13.1
1. What were Darwin’s responsibilities on the Beagle?
2. How was Darwin influenced by Charles Lyell’s book Principles of Geology?
3. What impact did Alfred Wallace have on Darwin?
4. What is the title of Darwin’s famous book and what information did it explain?
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5. What is artificial selection? Give an example.
6. What is natural selection? Darwin described two observations and two inferences. What are
they?
7. Describe the 3 important points about evolution by natural selection.
8. Compare artificial and natural selection.
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9. Describe one example of natural selection.
10. Why is natural selection considered an editing process rather than a creative mechanism?
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11. How does the fossil record support the theory of evolution?
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12. Briefly describe how biogeography, comparative anatomy (define homology, homologous
structures and vestigial structures) and molecular biology supports evolution.
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13. Define a population. Why can’t an individual evolve?
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