Descent with Modification

Where did the majority of Darwin's studies occur?

• on the voyage to Africa

• on the voyage of the HMS Beagle

• at home in England

• at home in France

Who is responsible for helping Darwin's theory by discussing extinctions in rock strata?

• James Hutton

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell

• Georges Cuvier

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Who is responsible for helping Darwin's theory by discussing steady changes over time?

• James Hutton

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell

• Georges Cuvier

Who is responsible for helping Darwin's theory by discussing the changes of landforms over time?

• James Hutton

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell

• Georges Cuvier

Which of these is not a main point of the theory of evolution?

• Unity of Life

• Use & Disuse

• Pairing of organisms and their environments

• Diversity of Life

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An evolutionary patter discusses...

• data

• mechanisms

• inferences

• direct observations

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Which type of body structure is not useful to the organism?

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous

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Which of these is represented by the feet of a gorilla, alligator, antelope, and penguin?

• vestigial

• homologous

• analogous

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Which of these is represented by the feet of a duck, goose, swan, blue footed booby?

• vestigial

• homologous

• analogous

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The effect that location has on the modification of life:

• Biogeography
• DNA
• Homology
• Evolution

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