Honors Week 6 Practice: Darwin and DNA

What theory did Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently come up with in the 19th century?

• The theory of relativity

• The germ theory of disease

• The theory of evolution through natural selection

• The quantum theory

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Where did Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle take him, which contributed to his ideas on evolution?

• The Caribbean Islands

• The Galapagos Islands

• The Hawaiian Islands

• The Falkland Islands

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What did Darwin observe in the finches' beaks that led him to propose his theory of evolution?

• Color variations

• Size differences

• Shape adaptations to their diets

• Ability to sing different melodies

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What does the theory of evolution through natural selection suggest about organisms with traits best suited to their environment?

• They are less likely to survive and reproduce

• They are more likely to survive and reproduce

• They are unaffected by environmental changes

• They will eventually become extinct

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What role does DNA play in understanding evolution, according to the text?

• It is used to create artificial life forms

• It serves as a blueprint for building proteins

• It helps trace relationships between different species

• It is irrelevant to the study of evolution

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Who were the first to propose a unified explanation of evolution?

• Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan

• Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace

• John Burdon Sanderson Haldane and Theodosius Dobzhansky

• Ronald Aylmer Fisher and Sewall Wright

What concept did Darwin and Wallace use to explain how species evolve?

• Gene flow

• Natural selection

• Mutation

• Genetic drift

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Who discovered the principle of heredity while working with pea plants?

• Alfred Russell Wallace

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Hunt Morgan

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What did Thomas Hunt Morgan identify as a key driver of evolution?

• Genetic drift

• Natural selection

• Gene flow

• Mutation

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What is the Modern Synthesis a collaboration of?

• Evolutionary biology and genetics

• Natural selection and mutation

• Genetic drift and gene flow

• All of the above

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