Evolutionary Biology Quiz

Who were the first biologists mentioned in the text?

• Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

• Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz

• Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan

• Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch

What was the traditional way of thinking about life called in the early 1800s?

• Natural Theology

• Evolutionary Biology

• Genetic Engineering

• Quantum Mechanics

What was the main mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin?

• Genetic Drift

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Artificial Selection

What did Charles Darwin study during his voyage on the HMS Beagle?

• Reptiles and Amphibians

• Marine Life and Coral Reefs

• Beetles and Fossils

• Birds and Mammals

What term did Herbert Spencer coin in 1864 that became associated with Darwinism?

• Survival of the Fittest

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Variation

• Adaptation

What did Charles Darwin publish in 1859 that became a scientific bestseller?

• On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

• The Malay Archipelago

• Natural Theology

• The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle

What did Charles Darwin focus on in his theory of evolution?

• Population genetics and gene flow

• Artificial selection and genetic drift

• Genetic engineering and mutation

• Variation in organisms and natural selection

What did Charles Darwin study for eight years after his voyage on the HMS Beagle?

• Barnacles

• Pigeons

• Turtles

• Monkeys

What did Alfred Russel Wallace observe in Indonesia that led to the concept of 'Wallace's line'?

• The relationship between the environment and the reproduction of populations

• The invisible line separating species resembling those in Asia and those in Australia

• Different populations of organisms based on different environments

• The absence of transitional forms in the fossil record

What did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution propose as the primary mechanism?

• Genetic Drift

• Natural Selection

• Gene Flow

• Mutation