Evolution Through Natural Selection

Multiple Choice

1. Variations are products of basic evolutionary mechanisms that include mutation, recombination, and selection.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

2. Fossils are remains or traces of ancient organisms that lived in the past, generally 10,000 years ago.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

3. Spontaneous mutations occur at higher rate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

4. Overproduction supports the theory of natural selection.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

5. Paleontology is the study of remains of organism of the past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Poll

Do you believe in the Theory of Evolution?

• YES

• NO

Open Ended

Do you believe in the Theory of Evolution? Why? or Why not?

Open Ended

E_o__t__n is the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from pre-existing forms through successive generations.

Multiple Choice

Who proposed spontaneous generation and extinction?

• Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

• Jean-Baptiste de Monet, chevalier de LamarcK

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

Multiple Choice

Who proposed that organisms evolve through time, from being lower forms to higher beings?

• Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

• Jean-Baptiste de Monet, chevalier de LamarcK

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

Multiple Choice

Who proposed that organisms evolve through natural selection?

• Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

• Jean-Baptiste de Monet, chevalier de LamarcK

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

Multiple Choice

This type of evolution refers to different organisms independently evolve similar traits.

• Convergent Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

• Parallel Evolution