Contributions to Evolution

Who created a classification system based on similarities between organisms?

• Linnaeus
• Buffon
• Charles Darwin
• Lamarck

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Giraffes evolve by stretching their necks to reach higher leaves.

• True
• False

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Who is the father of evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

• Gregor Mendel

• Jean Baptist Lamarck

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Who traveled to the Galapagos islands and noted that species on the islands were similar to each other, but had small differences between them?

• Alfred Wallace

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

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Who is considered the co-founder of evolution and said that the driving force for evolution was natural selection?

• Alfred Wallace

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

• Gregor Mendel

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Which naturalist suggested that species evolved by the "use it or lose it" idea?

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

• Thomas Malthus

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

What idea did Thomas Malthus contribute to Darwin's hypothesis?

• Species evolve by using or losing their traits

• Human population will increase faster than food and other resources

• Natural selection is the driving force to evolution

• That Earth changes at a constant rate by natural processes

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Who hypothesized that Earth has, and still is, being constantly changed due to natural forces?

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

• Alfred Wallace

• James Hutton

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Who bred garden peas to experiment with heredity that helped explained how new traits were formed for evolution? (The Father of Genetics)

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Louis Pasteur

• Alfred Wallace

Which French scientist confirmed that all life can only evolve from preexisting life and disproved spontaneous generation?

• Francisco Redi

• John Needham

• Louis Pasteur

• Alfred Wallace