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WorksheetsScientists - Evolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Said that organisms acquired traits throughout their lifetime and passed those traits to those offspring. Ex: giraffes grew longer necks to reach food and then that was passed to the next generation of giraffes
Jean Baptiste Lemarck
Thomas Malthus
Charles Darwin
Aristotle
The name of the scientist who published his findings in the Origin of Species. Published the idea of natural selection in this paper claiming this was responsible for the diversity of life
(a)
Also helped prove the idea of natural selection, but receives less credit now even tho he was just as big of a deal back in the day!
Charles Darwin
Charles Lyell
Alfred Russel Wallace
Aristotle
Said that a growing population would lead to competition for resources. He called this a struggle for survival
Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Lyell
Thomas Malthus
Charles Darwin
Geologist that stated that the changing of the Earth was caused over long periods of time due to natural geological forces
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
Thomas Malthus
Aristotle
States that all living things have evolved gradually over time to form new organisms
Chemical evolution
Organic evolution
Thermodynamic evolution
Natural selection
Organs that once had a function, but because of natural selection, now have no purpose
Modified Organs
Homologous Organs
Vestigial Organs
Analogous Organs
Scientists describe the first cells on Earth as
Heterotrophic
Prokaryotic
Autotrophic
Anaerobic
The endosymbiotic theory states that eukaryotic cells evolved by engulfing mitochondrion and chloroplasts, and that the mitochondria and chloroplast were once their own organisms. What evidence supports this theory?
The last cells on Earth to evolve were
Aerobic
Photosynthetic
Heterotrophic
Autotrophs
