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The Galápagos Islands are cooled by the _____. (Activity 22B)
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| Equatorial Countercurrent |
| Humboldt Current |
| Monsoon Drift |
| Gulf Stream |
| Kuroshio Current |
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How many finch species did Darwin send to the British Museum? (Activity 22B)
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| 13 |
| 15 |
| 17 |
| 21 |
| 27 |
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Darwin's thinking while on the Beagle was greatly influenced by his reading of a book written by _____. (Activity 22D)
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| Bishop Ussher |
| Lyell |
| Chaucer |
| Wallace |
| Shakespeare |
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According to this climatograph, London experiences more precipitation during _____ than during any other month.(Activity 22D) 
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| January |
| February |
| October |
| June |
| July |
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Which of these is a consequence of uniformitarianism? (Activity 22D)
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| Earth is round, not flat. |
| Populations evolve. |
| Populations reproduce faster than their food supply. |
| A Creator made Earth. |
| Earth is old. |
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The Argentinean pampas are a type of _____. (Activity 22D)
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| chaparral |
| grassland |
| temperate deciduous forest |
| tropical forest |
| desert |
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At the fossil site at Punta Alta, Darwin found evidence _____. (Activity 22D)
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| that the pampas could support large mammals |
| extinction does not happen |
| of extinction |
| that Brazilian flatworms were a type of slug |
| of divine creation |
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Patagonia is a _____. (Activity 22D)
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| grassland |
| savanna |
| tropical forest |
| chaparral |
| desert |
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His experiences with Fuegians and slavery convinced Darwin that differences among all peoples are primarily _____ differences. (Activity 22D)
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| cultural |
| genetic |
| cultural and genetic |
| height |
| genetic and height |
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Species in hot climates tend to _____ compared to species in cold climates. (Activity 22D)
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| experience less interspecific competition |
| have larger surface-to-volume ratios |
| have smaller surface-to-volume ratios |
| be less colorful |
| have less fear of humans |
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In
the Andes, at elevations of 12,000 feet, Darwin collected fossilized marine
shells. The existence of marine shells at this altitude provided evidence
that _____. (Activity 22D)
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| marine organisms can survive at great elevation |
| Earth's surface changes |
| geological processes occur at a rapid rate |
| someone carried them from the oceans and left them on the mountains |
| Earth's surface does not change |
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The Galápagos Islands are located _____. (Activity 22D)
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| in the Arctic |
| in the Antarctic |
| off the coast of California |
| on the equator |
| off the coast of Brazil |
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Why were the Galápagos Islands so important to Darwin's formulation of natural selection? (Activity 22D)
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| They provided evidence in support of uniformitarianism. |
| They are where Darwin did most of his writing. |
| The Galápagos Islands are the only place in the world where finches are found. |
| The Galápagos Islands are home to many unique species. |
| The species found on the Galápagos Islands are also found in Australia. |
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Which of the following is(are) homologous to the bones in this image? (Activity 22F) 
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The wing of a bat is homologous to the _____ of a whale. (Activity 22F)
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| tail |
| blowhole |
| flipper |
| rib cage |
| baleen |
