Ideas that Influenced Darwin

Who observed variations in the characteristics of plants and animals on the Galapagos?

• Hutton

• Lyell

• Darwin

• Malthus

Which of the following ideas proposed by Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?

• Acquired characterstics can be inherited.

• All species are descended from other species.

• Living things change over time.

• There is a relationship between an organism and its environment.

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Which of the following would an animal breeder use to increase the number of cows that give the most milk?

• overproduction

• genetic isolation

• acquired characteristics

• artificial selection

Who said that without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food forthe growing human population?

• Malthus

• Darwin

• Hutton

• Lamarck

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What do we call change over time?

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Natural Variation
• Speciation

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Who would have stated "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time

• Darwin

• Lamarck

Lamarck’s ideas about evolution include the concept that differences among the traits of organisms arise as a result of

• continual increases in population size.
• the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use body structures.
• an unchanging local environment.
• the natural variations already present within the population of organisms.

Scientist(s) who believed in uniformitarianism and that the Earth is very old

• Hutton & Lyell
• Lamarck
• Malthus 
• Darwin

What scientist explains that the geological occurrences that happened in the past and ARE STILL HAPPENING today?

• James Hutton

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wallace

• Charles Lyell

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What scientist proposed that Earth was shaped by geological forces over time and that Earth is millions of years old?

• Charles Lyell

• Thomas Malthus

• Jean-Baptiste Lamark

• James Hutton

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