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Development of Evolutionary Thought Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the father of taxonomy?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Isaac Newton

2.

Which scientist came up with the Theory of Use and Disuse?

a)

Jean Baptiste de Lamarck

b)

Georges Cuvier

c)

James Hutton

3.

He was the promulgator of the first full-blown gradualist system of Earth history

a)

James Hutton

b)

Thomas Robert Malthus

c)

Charles Darwin

4.

Charles Darwin is the father of biology

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Lamarck's theory became accepted because

it had more evidence that supported it.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

The theory of ______ mainly acknowledges the organism's ability to acquire another trait in order to survive its environment and can be passed to its offspring.

a)

speciation

b)

acquired traits

c)

use and disuse

8.

Known for the population growth philosophies

outlined in his 1798 book "An Essay on the Principle of Population."

a)

Thomas Robert Malthus

b)

Georges Cuvier

c)

Charles Lyell

9.

He is regarded as the scientific founder of paleontology and made comparative anatomy a research discipline.

a)

Georges Cuvier

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Carolus Linnaeus

10.

He is known as the father of heredity

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Jean Baptiste de Lamarck

c)

George Cuvier

11.

the theory of ________ focuses on an organism's management of a trait. If a trait isn't often used then it's probable that the organism would lose that trait, while if it is useful it will continue to exist.

a)

use and disuse

b)

natural selection

c)

acquired traits