Evolution Theory

_____________ is the fact that organisms change over time and are related through common ancestors.

• Homologous Structures

• Hereditary

• Evolution

• Survival of the fittest

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True or false: Individuals change over time... not populations.

• True

• False

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Which scientist suggested organisms could change during their lifetimes by selectively using or not using various body parts.

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptist Lamarck

• Alfred Russel Wallace

Which scientist unfortunately had many of his discovered specimens burn up on a ship?

• Jean-Baptist Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

Which scientist sent their findings to Charles Darwin, who he mentioned in the beginning of his book.

• Jean-Baptist Lamarck

• Alfred Russel Wallace

Check which statements correspond to Lamarck's Theory.

• Theory of Need

• Theory of Use and Disuse

• Theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics

• Theory of survival of the fittest

Which scientist traveled to the Galapagos Islands?

• Jean Baptist Lamarck

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Charles Darwin

This image would correspond to which scientist's theory?

• Darwin

• Lamarck

• Wallace

________________ occurs when individuals within a population with the most favorable traits for an environment survive and pass on those traits.

• Descent with Modification

• Natural Selection

• Homologous Structures

• Use or Disuse

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____________________ states all species have descended from a common ancestor.

• Descent with modification

• Natural Selection

• Homologous Structures

• Use or Disuse

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