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Story of Evolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. He is one of the earliest scientist to propose the concept of evolution by mentioning it to his book.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Robert Hooke

2.
  1. He explored the evolution of human values and morality, though not directly in a biological sense.

a)

Friedrich Nietzsche

b)

Daniel Dennett

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Nikola Tesla

3.
  1. He was one of the philosophers who initially proposed Social Darwinism which emerged in the late 1800’s and focused more on applying the concept to human societies, social classes, and individuals, rather than to the biological evolution of species over geological time.

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Herbert Spencer

4.

[True/False]: Herbert Spencer believed that excluding government intervention would hinder the natural process of social evolution.

a)

True

b)

False

5.
  1. What term did Thomas Huxley use to describe the large-scale mutations he believed played a key role in evolution, as opposed to Darwin's idea of gradual change?

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Survival of the Fittest

c)

Evolutions of Consciousness

d)

Saltations

6.
  1. Who independently developed a theory of evolution through natural selection, alongside Darwin, and is known for his work in biogeography and the "Sarawak Law"?

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alfred Russel Wallace

d)

Alan Turing

7.
  1. A mechanism of evolution. Organisms with traits that are better suited to their environment have a higher chance of surviving, reproducing, and passing those advantageous traits to their offspring. 

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Genetic Variation

c)

Will to Power

d)

Übermensch (Overman)

8.
  1. A British naturalist, biologist, and geologist who is best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection.

a)

Plato

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Edwin Hubble

d)

Charles Darwin

9.
  1. Also known as migration, is the transfer of genetic material (alleles) from one population to another.

a)

Genetic Diveristy

b)

Gene Flow

c)

Human Evolution

d)

Social Evolution

10.
  1. _________ are changes in the DNA sequence that can introduce new genetic variants.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evolution

c)

Mutation

d)

Selection