Evolutionary Theory

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.

The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that

• in the human population, people die faster than babies are born.
• without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population.
• in the 1700s, England needed more housing.
• the majority of a species’ offspring die.

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These different finches descended from a common ancestor but changed or were modified over time, this is 

• Homologous structures
• Descent with modification

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Scientist(s) who believed that Earth was shaped by geological forces and that Earth was millions of years old

• James Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Thomas Malthus

What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?

• species change over time
• extinct species are not related to living species
• different species can interbreed
• animals that look alike are most closely related

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The name of Darwin's first publication was

• Inheritance of Acquired Traits
• Human Evolution
• On the Origin of Species
• My Voyage on the Beagle

Why did Darwin hold off on publishing his work?

• It was controversial

• It went against beliefs of church

• He wasn't sure if he was right

• He didn't have enough evidence

The idea that acquired characteristics are passed to later generations was developed by...

• Darwin
• Aristotle
• Lamarck
• Buffon

What was the mission that led Darwin's boat to sea?

• Discovering proof of evolution

• Claiming South American land for Great Britain

• Looking for South American gold deposits

• Mapping the South American coastlines

In what major way did Darwin's ideas diverge from Lamarck's?

• Lamarck thought changes to an individual animal during its lifetime would be passed on to offspring

• Lamarck believed that environmental pressures drive evolution

• Lamarck thought that animals would not have had time to evolve in Earth's short history

• Lamarck did not believe that species could change over time

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