History of Evolutionary Thought

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Believed species were fixed creations arranged by their complexity

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Lyell

• Kendrick Lamar

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Stated that Geological processes at uniform rates building & wearing down Earth’s crust

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Lyell

• Kendrick Lamar

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first to group similar organisms and assign them Latin names

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Lyell

• Kendrick Lamar

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John Baptist Lamarck Stated that changes are adaptations to environment acquired in an organism’s lifetime. Based on what we know today is this

• True

• False

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Who created a classification system based on similarities between organisms?

• Linnaeus
• Buffon
• Charles Darwin
• Lamarck

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Giraffes evolve by stretching their necks to reach higher leaves.

• True
• False

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Which naturalist suggested that species evolved by the "use it or lose it" idea?

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

• Thomas Malthus

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

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Who hypothesized that Earth has, and still is, being constantly changed due to natural forces?

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

• Alfred Wallace

• James Hutton

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

• Malthus

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Lamarck

• Wallace

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One of the first theories of evolution. Organisms can acquire traits over their lifetime.

• Malthus

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Lamarck

• Wallace

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In the 1800s Jean-Baptiste Lamarck offered a hypothesis about evolution called the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Which of the following is an example of how Lamarck thought animals evolved?

• Fish mutated the genes necessary to develop lungs and were able to eventually survive on land.

• Giraffes once had short necks and stretched them reaching for leaves on trees, later passing the longer neck trait to their offspring.

• Dark moths, once outnumbered by light moths, began to survive longer and reproduce more after the industrial revolution turned the trees black.

• The earth has been here so long that animals have had plenty of time to adapt to their environment through natural selection.

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Which of the following was a contribution of Thomas Malthus to Darwin's theory of evolution?

• His book convinced Darwin that the earth was old and formed by slow-acting processes.

• He presented a theory of evolution explaining how traits are acquired and passed down.

• His work convinced Darwin that organisms overpopulate and compete for resources.

• He wrote a letter encouraging Darwin to publish a book about his theory of evolution.

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What series of islands off the coast of South America did Darwin spend considerable amount of time and greatly influence Darwin's work.

• Hawaiian Islands

• Galapagos Islands

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Charles Darwin sailed on the

• HMS Beagle

• HMS Dachshund

• HMS Mastiff

• HMS Spaniel

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Where did Charles Darwin travel to?

• Australia
• Barbados
• Galapagos 
• Trinidad

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

• Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring
• Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better
• Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring