Lamarck vs Darwin

Did Darwin or Lamarck think Giraffe's could stretch their necks and control it's height?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

Did Darwin or Lamarck think that a body builders muscles could be passed down to their baby?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

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Is a person who gets a tan in support of Darwin or Lamarck's theories? Were they born with it or did they do it themselves?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

Are the finches different types of beaks that were developed over time an example of Darwin or Lamarck's theories?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

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Which of the following best describes Lamarck's theory of evolution?

• Evolution occurs through the use and disuse of body parts.

• Only the organisms that can compete for resources will survive.

• Life forms do not evolve over time.

• Genetic mutations are the primary source of evolution.

Lamarck’s theory of evolution includes the concept that new traits appear because:

• natural variation and natural selection.

• of use or disuse of body parts

• the environment is unchanged

• the natural variations are present within a population.

This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

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Survival of the fittest or when favorable adaptations reproduce faster is called what?

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Natural selection

• Fossilization

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Which of the following is the best explanation of how a population of zebras, being hunted by lions, might evolve to become faster over time according to the theory of natural selection?

• zebras acquire speed through practice

• young zebras inherit the acquired trait of speed

• slower zebras are eaten, faster zebras survive and reproduce

• zebras have stripes as a result of a genetic mutation, and this adaptation helps them to escape predators.

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Greater development of an organ or a body part through increased use—could be transmitted to their offspring

• Darwin

• Lamarck