1. How did Darwin’s observation of the Galapagos finches lead him to his basic theory of evolution? What characteristics of the birds did he observe? What questions did they lead him to ask?
2. What are adaptations?
3. What did Darwin mean by
natural selection?
adaptive radiation?
descent with modification?
4. What five disciplines did Darwin draw on as he developed his theory of evolution? What had scientists in each of these disciplines already shown?
5. What 5 concepts did Darwin borrow from Thomas Malthus?
6. What did Darwin add to the theory of evolution?
7. What field has developed since Darwin and reshaped our understanding of evolution?
8. What basic principles of inheritance did Gregor Mendel discover?
9. How do these principles contribute to our understanding of cells, chromosomes and genetics?
10. We now know that evolution is caused by one or a combination of what 4 forces of evolution?
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