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WorksheetsTheories of diversity pt 2 901
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The law of use and disuse was formulated by : ?
Comte de Buffon
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Charles Bonnett
Georges Cuvier
Which of the following statements explains the law of use and disuse?
Body structures develop because of mutation.
Body structures develop because they are not in use.
Body structures develop because of competition.
Body structures develop because they are used extensively.
How do fossils support evolution?
The fossil record provides evidence that organisms have changed over time.
Individual species disappear and reappear in the fossil record over time.
The fossil record provides evidence that all organisms developed at the same time.
Organisms in the fossil record are identical to living organisms.
Erasmus Darwin
Ussher
Who said that the Earth was 4004 years old?
James Ussher
Charles Bonnet
James Hutton
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who proposed that fossils were the evidence for the infinite transformations of organisms?
Georges Cuvier
Charles Bonnet
Comte de Buffon
James Hutton
Who proposed the theory of catastrophism as an explanation for the fossil record?
Georges Cuvier
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Comte de Buffon
Erasmus Darwin
The following image describes:
The continuous transformations of the giraffe,
The law of use for the development of the giraffe's neck.
Three different types of giraffes originated by preformism
All are correct
Carl Linnaeus proposed that:
It was necessary to create a system of natural classification for all beings
Fossils of some organisms were related to simmilar present organisms
All fossils were caused by catastrophes
Organisms can change in response to their environment
Who proposed that organisms already pre-exist indefinitely, and do not change?
Charles Bonnet
Comte de Buffon
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
James Hutton
