Early Ideas About Evolution

What idea did Thomas Malthus contribute to Darwin's hypothesis?

• Species evolve by using or losing their traits

• Human population will increase faster than food and other resources

• Natural selection is the driving force to evolution

• That Earth changes at a constant rate by natural processes

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Populations are controlled by war, disease & famine.

• Malthus

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Lamarck

• Wallace

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Change in inherited characteristics over time is called __________.

• A)species

• B)fossils

• C)evolution

• D)camouflage

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Who is responsible for the theory of acquired characteristics?

• Lamarck

• Leakey

• Marconi

• Watson

A mouse population develops an adaptation that results in white fur. They live in a forest with a population of hawks. Which of these statements is true?

• The population of white mice will most likely decrease.

• The population of white mice will most likely stay the same.

• The population of white mice will most likely increase.

• The population of hawks will most likely decrease.

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What may a series of helpful variations in a species result in?

• adaptation

• fossils

• embryology

• climatic change

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The physical trait or feature in finches that Darwin theorized was the most affected by evolution was:

• feet size

• feather color

• wing span

• beak shape

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The picture below shows a mole rat, a mammal that lives underground, that still has eyes but is blind. The presence of useless eyes on a mole rat is evidence of which scientific theory?

• the theory of cells

• the theory of relativity

• the theory of evolution

• the theory of superposition

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Which statement is correct about the theory of evolution, which is a piece of scientific knowledge that explains that all organisms have one common ancestor?

• All scientists agree on the theory of evolution.

• It was and still is a highly debated topic among scientists.

• It was one of the fastest theories to form as evidence for it plentiful.

• All scientists choose to disprove the theory of evolution because most evidence does not support it.

Who proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics?

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Gregor Mendel