Which of the following describes the evidence scientists have collected about the age of the Earth?

Hundreds Thousands of years old

Which of the following ideas proposed by Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?

Acquired characteristics can be inherited

All species are descended from other species

There is a relationship between an organism and its environment

Which of the following is a true statement about natural selection?

variation exists in a population

natural selection is goal directed

acquired characteristics are passed on

What was the prevailing belief prior to the time of Lyell and Darwin?

Earth is a few thousand years old, and populations are unchanging.

Earth is millions of years old, and populations are unchanging.

Earth is millions of years old, and populations rapidly change.

Earth is millions of years old, and populations gradually change.

Why is Darwin known as the father of evolution instead of other scientists who were working on the theory at the time?

Darwin was the first to figure out the method of evolution and support it with evidence.

Darwin published his work first

Darwin was the first the figure out that species changed

Darwin took the information he learned from Wallace and published it in a journal before Wallace could publish it himself.

Darwin has the best definition of evolution.

Which one of the following is a belief?

Living things are made of cells.

Fitness is described as...

the ability to live and reproduce.

any physical feature that increases the chances of surviving in a population.

a drastic decrease in the size of the population that decreases the biodiversity.

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

What are the two means of variation within a population?

Natural selection and Artificial selection

What would happen if the Giraffes never evolve?

They will find another source of food

What statement is true about fossils?

Fossilization requires specific environmental factors which leads to less than 1% of a species becoming fossils.

All living organisms leave behind fossils.

Fossils show that species never change.

Plants don't leave behind fossils.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Theories can change.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Evolution explains how life originated.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A scientific description of WHAT occurs in nature.

Fact

Theory

Law

Conclusion

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Theories become laws with more evidence.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A collection of beliefs portrayed as being scientific, such as astrology, is known as...

Pseudoscience

Fact

Theory

Law

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an objective and verifiable observation?

Fact

Theory

Law

Idea

What is a well tested explanation of HOW natural events happen by gathering evidence, making observations, and testing ideas?

Theory

Law

Hypothesis

Fact

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AP - Unit 7: Natural Selection

34 questions

True or False: Theories can change.

True or False: Evolution explains how life originated.

A scientific description of WHAT occurs in nature.

True or False: Theories become laws with more evidence.

A collection of beliefs portrayed as being scientific, such as astrology, is known as...

What is an objective and verifiable observation?

What is a well tested explanation of HOW natural events happen by gathering evidence, making observations, and testing ideas?

Who is the father of evolution?

Which scientist had a correct understanding of genetics and how genes were passed down from parent to offspring?

True or False: Darwin was the first scientist who tried to explain evolution.

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