Abeka Biology Quiz 20 L88

Who was called the "Father of Anatomy" and wrote Fabrica?

• Aristotle
• Galileo Galilei
• Andreas Vesalius
• Hippocrates

The Greek philosopher who developed the doctrine of ideas was _______.

• Plato
• Epicurus
• Socrates
• Aristotle

Who was the Dutch naturalist who devoted his life to studies with the microscope?

• Gregor Mendel
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• Carl Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin

Who was the English physiologist that studied the circulation of the blood?

• Isaac Newton
• Michael Faraday
• William Harvey
• Charles Darwin

The ancient physician whose work became the absolute authority in human anatomy for over a thousand years was _________.

• Galen
• Avicenna
• Hippocrates
• Aristotle

Who philosophy of origins states that all living things developed from a common ancestor?

• Lamarck's theory of inheritance
• The Big Bang theory
• Creationism
• Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

What biological principle states that all living things are composed of cells and that all cells come from preexisting cells?

• Cell Structure
• Cell Theory
• Cell Composition
• Cell Function

What is the term for the belief that living things can arise from nonliving things?

• Spontaneous generation
• Biogenesis
• Evolution
• Photosynthesis

What philosophy states that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no spiritual or supernatural aspects?

• Spiritualism
• Materialism
• Idealism
• Dualism