Exam 3 Review

Change in lines of descent.

• Evolution

• Natural selection
• Genetic variation
• Adaptation

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Proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics.

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Alfred Russel Wallace
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin

Any trait or characteristic (w/ a heritable basis) that enhances an organism's ability to reproduce or leave offspring to the next generation.

• Natural selection
• Adaptation
• Evolution
• Mutation

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The place Alfred Wallace worked independently

• Malay Archipelago
• Borneo
• Sumatra
• Java

The place Charles Darwin observed similarities between living and fossil organisms and the diversity of life

• Amazon rainforest
• Great Barrier Reef
• Serengeti National Park
• Galapagos Islands

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How long it took Darwin to publish the Origin of Species

• 5 years
• 10 years
• 15 years
• 23 years

The person Darwin published ideas with.

• Thomas Huxley
• Charles Lyell
• Gregor Mendel
• Alfred Wallace

Who developed the theory of natural selection?

• Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin
  

• Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

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When did Charles Darwin start coming up with the idea of natural selection?

• While on his voyage on the HMS beagle after reaching the Galapagos Islands

• early 1840s
• Before his voyage

• while he was still a student

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If a fossil is on top of 2 layers of rock with dates 560 mya and 520 mya, what is the fossils approximate age?

• 550 mya

• 540 mya

• 560 mya

• 520 mya

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