1. Many people before modern science believed that Earth
was thousands of years old.
2. Artificial selection occurs when the environment selects
for beneficial traits.
3. Lamarck was one of the first scientists to propose that
species evolve by natural selection.
4. Lyell published a book Darwin read that explain that
Earth was millions of years old instead of thousands.
5. Lamarck’s inheritance of acquired characteristics is has
become a widely accepted scientific theory.
6. DNA sequence similarities are the strongest evidence for
evolution from a common ancestor.
7. Today’s scientists compare the anatomy, embryos, and
DNA of modern organisms to understand how they
evolved.
8. According to Darwin, natural selection is what occurs,
and evolution is how it happens.
9. During his journey aboard the Beagle, Darwin found
fossils from the seas in the mountains.
10. Galápagos tortoises have differently shaped shells
depending on where they live.
11. Darwin’s book changed science forever.
12. Alfred Russel Wallace developed a theory of evolution
at the same time as Darwin.
13. Darwin’s comparison of DNA sequences provided
strong evidence of evolution.
14. Darwin published his findings soon after returning to
England from the voyage of the Beagle.
15. Homologous structures are structures that are
different in related organisms because they were
inherited from a common ancestor.
16. The arm of humans and the arms of a bat are an
example of analogous structures.
17. The wings of pterodactyls and birds serve the same
function and are homologous structures.
18. The legs of ants and the legs of horses are an example
of analogous structures.
19. The Galápagos finches have provided a tremendous
amount of information about evolution.
20. The term fitness to refer to an organism’s ability to
outrun its predators.
21. The fossil record reflects large scale or
macroevolution.
22. Mutation creates new genetic variation in a gene pool.
23. An individual organism can evolve.
24. The theory of evolution will become a law once
scientists find more evidence.
25. The variety of a population comes from organisms
trying to adapt to their environment.
26. Evolution is a theory about the origin of life.
True
1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19,
21, 22
False
2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26
Fact
False