Early Study of Evolution

What do we call the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms?

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What is the fundamental theory of all of modern biology?

• The Theory of Transformation

• The Theory of Evolution

• The Theory of Adaption

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What drives adaptation and natural selection?

• Popularity

• Humans

• environmental conditions

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What islands showed Darwin such significant adaptations of closely related organisms that made his develop the Theory of Evolution?

• The Big Island

• The Galapagos Islands

• The Figi Islands

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What early scientist is credited with reconstructing fossilized organisms to help better understand how they relate to current organisms?

• Charles Darwin

• Mary Anning

• Charles Lyell

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What scientist is credited with an early form of Evolutionary theory called The Theory of Transformation?

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamark

• Charles Lyell

What was the name of Darwin’s famous ship that sailed to the Galapagos Islands?

• The Jack

• The Doberman

• The Beagle

What scientist is credited with developing the Theory of Evolution?

• Charles Bumkin

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

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What do you call a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

• fossil

• heterozygote

• species

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an inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

• fossil

• adaption

• species

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