Evolution Test Review

Who came up with the concept of evolution through natural selection?

• Louis Pasteur
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Francesco Redi

Who did an experiment with broth in s-shaped flasks to prove biogenesis with microorganisms?

• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur
• James Oparin
• Francesco Redi

Who came up with the idea that organic compounds COULD be made from basic elements under the right circumstances?

• James Oparin
• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendel
• Francesco Redi

Who disproved spontaneous generation by testing meat in jars to see if it made flies?

• Gregor Mendel
• Louis Pasteur
• James Oparin
• Francesco Redi

What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Evolution by means of natural selection
• Heritable traits in genetics
• Ecology and succession
• Cells and microscopes

SPEED QUESTION!  What method for dating objects looks at the different layers?

• Relative dating
• Radiometric dating

How does radiometric dating work?

• Chromosomes
• Isotopes
• Polar molecules
• Selection

When is a variation considered an adaptation?

• If it isn't beneficial or inheritable
• If it is beneficial but not inheritable
• If it is inheritable but not beneficial
• If it is both beneficial and inheritable

SPEED QUESTION!  An individual can evolve.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Type of selection that favors one extreme over others.

• Directional
• Disruptive
• Stabilizing