Reading 5.13 Influences on Darwin

What incorrect idea did Jean Baptiste Lamarck propose about species change?

• Genetic mutation

• Inheritance of acquired characteristics

• Natural selection

• Survival of the fittest

What did Charles Lyell's work suggest about the age of the Earth?

• The Earth is billions of years old

• The Earth is less than 10,000 years old

• The Earth is hundreds of thousands of years old

• The Earth is millions of years old

What is artificial selection?

• Organisms adapting to their environment naturally

• Random mutations in organisms

• Humans breeding organisms to enhance specific traits

• Natural processes determining which species survive

How did Thomas Malthus influence Darwin's thinking?

• Wealth determines survival

• Populations grow faster than the resources available

• Technology can prevent natural selection

• Populations are limited by economic factors

What concept did Alfred Russel Wallace also develop independently?

• Theory of relativity

• Theory of evolution

• Quantum mechanics

• Classical mechanics

What did Darwin use to support his theory of evolution?

• Astrophysics

• Chemical reactions

• Artificial selection

• Plate tectonics

What did the essay by Malthus argue about human populations?

• Populations are stable

• Populations increase until resources are insufficient

• Populations are unaffected by resources

• Populations decrease over time

What type of selection did Darwin observe among pigeon breeders?

• Natural selection

• Random selection

• Artificial selection

• Selective breeding

Who was the geologist whose ideas influenced Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle?

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Lyell

• Nikola Tesla

What did Wallace's paper help Darwin to confirm?

• The law of gravity

• The principles of geology

• The theory of evolution

• The structure of DNA