Evolution

According to the Theory of Evolution, individual organisms can evolve.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What two theories are used to explain evolution?

• Artificial and natural selection
• Gradualism and punctuated equilibrium
• Adaptation and natural selection
• Gene flow and genetic drift

Two populations of the Maumoo salamander are separated by the South River in Waynesboro, Va.  Because of this, the populations cannot interbreed.  This is an example of .......

• Behavioral isolation
• Natural selection
• Artificial selection
• Geographic isolation

What two ideas are key when discussing the origin of life on earth?

• Production of amino acids and cyanobacteria
• The cell theory and the theory of evolution
• Spontaneous generation and the cell theory
• Spontaneous generation and natural selection

What bacteria is responsible for helping to establish life on earth?

• E. coli
• Samonella
• Cyanobacteria
• None of these

I go the gym and work out 5 times a week.  I marry a weight lifter that has huge muscles.  We have a baby that inherits our muscles.  This is an example of 

• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Darwinism
• Lamarck's Theory of Acquired Traits

The theory of Natural Selection was developed by

• Darwin
• Lemarck
• Gould
• Weissman

The theory of Acquired Characteristics was developed by 

• Darwin
• Lemarck
• Gould
• Weissman

Puntuated Equilibrium was developed by

• Darwin
• Lemarck
• Gould
• Weissman

This theory supports Darwin's explanation of how organisms evolve.

• Gradualism
• Punctuated Equilibrium