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WorksheetsDevelopment of Evolutionary Thought Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Who is the father of taxonomy?
Gregor Mendel
Carolus Linnaeus
Isaac Newton
Which scientist came up with the Theory of Use and Disuse?
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Georges Cuvier
James Hutton
He was the promulgator of the first full-blown gradualist system of Earth history
James Hutton
Thomas Robert Malthus
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin is the father of biology
True
False
Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants
True
False
Lamarck's theory became accepted because
it had more evidence that supported it.
False
True
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.
speciation
acquired traits
use and disuse
Known for the population growth philosophies
outlined in his 1798 book "An Essay on the Principle of Population."
Thomas Robert Malthus
Georges Cuvier
Charles Lyell
He is regarded as the scientific founder of paleontology and made comparative anatomy a research discipline.
Georges Cuvier
Charles Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
He is known as the father of heredity
Gregor Mendel
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
George Cuvier
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.
use and disuse
natural selection
acquired traits
