Natural selection, evolution, and Darwin Name________________________________________#____

Some information about Charles Darwin:

1. When was Charles Darwin born and when did he die?________________

2. How old was he when he sailed on the Beagle?_____________________

3. How old was Darwin when he published The Origin of Species?________

4. Why did Darwin start out to become a clergyman?__________________

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5. Was Darwin the first choice to go on the Beagle voyage?______________________________________

6. Where else did the Beagle go besides the Galapagos?________________________________________

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7. Why was there no tortoise shell evidence for Darwin

to study later?

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8. Who was Emma Wedgewood?___________________

9. Why might Darwin’s children not be healthy?

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Darwin’s finches:

10. What is thought about the origin of the different finches on the Galapagos Islands?____________________________________________________________________________________

11. Why did Darwin hypothesize that the beaks of the finches on different islands were different?____________________________________________________________________________________

Natural Selection ( List the four main principles):

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