APBio - Descent with Modification - Form1

The natural world is perfect and the organisms are perfectly suited for their environment. There is no need for organisms to evolve. Who am I?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Cuvier

• Hutton

The organisms of the perfect natural world are aligned in a natural order from simple to complex. I'll call it Scala Naturae. Who am I?

• Hutton

• Cuvier

• Plato

• Aristotle

Organisms in an area change due to catastrophes. I propose the idea of Catastrophism. Who Am I?

• Lyell

• Hutton

• Cuvier

• Aristotle

The environment changes by small gradual changes over the course of time. One can see this by the erosion caused by a river over time. Who am I?

• Plato

• Lyell

• Hutton

• Cuvier

Darwin was greatly influenced by the ideas of Hutton and Lyell.

What were their ideas that influenced Darwin? (Pick two)

• Large scale geologic changes were due to long term gradual processes

• Fossils are remnants of pre-existing species

• Volcanoes can cause quick changes that could lead to extinctions

• Galapagos islands hold the key for evolution

the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Fossil

• Acquired Characteristics

Type of rock needed to form fossils is _____.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphosis

• The entire rock cycle.

_____ do not evolve. _____ evolve.

• Populations / Individuals

• Individuals / Populations

• Humans / Everything else

• Everything / Humans

A similar structure, but may have different functions. For example a human's arm, whale's front fin, a bat's wing, a cat's leg.

• Fossil

• Vestigial Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

Only these kind of traits are important in evolution.

• Inheritable Traits

• Acquired Traits

• Fossil Traits

• Homologous Traits