Evolution

Introduction to Evolution

Multiple Choice

Wrote "Principles of Geology". Geologic events that occurred in the past will continue to occur in the future.

• Malthus

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Lamarck

• Wallace

Multiple Choice

Populations are controlled by war, disease & famine.

• Malthus

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Lamarck

• Wallace

Multiple Choice

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that organisms 

• have an innate tendency toward complexity and perfection.
• have an innate tendency to become simpler as time passes.
• inherit all of the adaptations they display.
• belong to species that never change.

Multiple Choice

This scientist stated that by using or not using a certain body part, organisms could change in their lifetime and that the trait gained would be passed down to their offspring.

• James Hutton
• Charles Lyell
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Thomas Malthus

Multiple Choice

what gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?

• google
• wikipedia
• mans attempt to destroy mankind
• finches in the Galapagos island

Multiple Choice

Which of the following ideas is supported by Darwin’s observation of local variation among tortoises in the Galápagos Islands? 

• artificial selection
• adaptation
• acquired characteristics
• tendency towards perfection

Multiple Choice

the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

• fitness

• natural selection

• evolution

Multiple Choice

the gradual change in a species over time

• natural selection

• evolution

• adaptation