Darwin

Question 1

What did people in Darwin’s time believe?

Answer 1

God created all living things exactly the way they are.

Question 2

Darwin’s Observations

Answer 2

1. Ostrich looking birds on 3 continents
2. Kangaroos only in Australia, Pandas only in china
3. Related organisms that are different in different places
4. 14 separate species of finches similar but different from each other
5. Modern organisms similar to ancient ones
6. Fossil shells were found at the top of a large mountain

Question 3

Question 1

Answer 3

why does the same type of organism exist in different parts of the world

They all had a common ancestor

Question 4

Question 2

Answer 4

Why are there unique organisms in different parts of the world

Organisms that are isolated can evolve in unique directions

Question 5

Question 3

Answer 5

why are organisms in an area more similar to organisms of the same area than a different one

continents are isolated organisms on these continents can evolve in different directions

Question 6

question 4

Answer 6

Why are there so many different kinds of the same type of organism in the same area.

Common ancestors evolved different features to survive in different niches.

Question 7

Question 5

Answer 7

Why are species that are alive today similar to but different from species that existed in the past

the current species must be related to the older species

Question 8

Question 6

Answer 8

why can fossils of organisms that lived in the ocean be found on top of a mountain

earthquakes can move land that was underwater up above the surface (time=old)