16.2 and 16.3

How old did many Europeans think the Earth was in the mid 1800s?

• Millions

• Thousands

• Hundreds

• Billions

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Which science discipline figured out how old the world actually was?

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Geology

• Physics

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Which geologist noticed a connection between geological processes and geological features?

• Charles Darwin

• James Hutton

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Malthus

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Who argued that the laws of nature are constant overtime (uniformitarianism)?

• Charles Lyell

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Robert Hook

• Charles Darwin

What did Darwin experience while in South America that made him consider uniformitarianism?

• Earthquake

• Marine fossils found in the mountains

• Tornado

• Tropical Storm

Who suggested that if an organism stopped using a body part it would eventually become smaller and the smaller body part would be passed on to offspring?

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Lyell

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Thomas Malthus

Who noted that more people were being born each year than was dying?

• James Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Malthus

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When animal and plant farmers/breeders select the traits they want to be passed on to offspring?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Genetics

• Meiosis

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What is how well an organism can survive in its environment?

• Meiosis

• Fitness

• Fossils

• Artificial Selection

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What 2 things does survival in evolutionary terms mean?

• Reproducing

• Living

• Passing adaptations to offspring

• Dying

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