Evolutionary Biology Quiz
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What was Darwin's initial belief about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?

  • He assumed they were all from the same species
  • He thought they were different bird families (correct)
  • He considered them to be blackbirds
  • He believed they were all finches
  • What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?

  • Lack of records on the location of every collected species (correct)
  • Insufficient data on the genetic variation among the finches
  • Failure to recognize the common ancestor of the finches
  • Inability to identify the environmental conditions related to the adaptations
  • What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?

  • Finches shared a common ancestor (correct)
  • Each type of finch evolved independently
  • All finches belonged to the same species
  • The finches were unrelated to each other
  • What did Darwin's study of the Galapagos finches contribute to the development of?

    <p>Theory of evolution by natural selection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?

    <p>They were all finches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Darwin initially think the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands were?

    <p>Different bird families</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?

    <p>They were all finches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?

    <p>They shared a common ancestor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?

    <p>Lack of records on the location of every collected species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What helped Darwin develop his theory of 'evolution by natural selection'?

    <p>Observing the variations in finch species</p> Signup and view all the answers

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