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Grade 7 Evolution
According to Darwin's theory of evolution, how do new species evolve?
  1. artificial selection
  2. random chance
  3. natural selection
  4. unnatural selection
Grade 9 Evolution
Because of its similarities to artificial selection, Darwin referred to the "survival of the fittest" as
  1. homologous structures.
  2. struggle for existence.
  3. natural selection.
  4. use it or lose it.
Grade 7 Evolution
Why was Lamarck's theory of evolution discredited?
  1. It wasn't Darwin's.
  2. It couldn't explain why simple organisms continued to exist on Earth.
  3. It suggested that acquired characteristics do not have a genetic basis.
  4. Scientists liked Darwin better.
Grade 9 Evolution
The scientist responsible for proposing that the mechanism of evolution is natural selection is
  1. Charles Darwin.
  2. Jean Baptiste Lamarck.
  3. Gregor Mendel.
  4. James Watson.
College World War I
Who wrote The Frontier Thesis?
  1. Charles Darwin
  2. Fredrick jackson Turner
  3. Ida Tarbell
  4. Jacob Riis
Grade 10 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Who is known as "the father of genetics"?
  1. James D. Watson
  2. Charles Darwin
  3. William Bateson
  4. Gregor Mendel
Grade 9 Evolution
The book written by Charles Darwin proposing his theory of evolution is called
  1. The Selfish Gene.
  2. Origins of Evolution.
  3. Evolution by Natural Selection.
  4. On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection.
Grade 9 Evolution
The theories of Darwin and Mendel were not synthesized during their lifetimes because the two men
  1. had opposing views.
  2. were mortal enemies.
  3. never met or corresponded.
  4. did not live at during the same time period.
Grade 10 Evolution
What book did Charles Darwin write that is still being used today?
  1. The Natural Selection Theory
  2. How Finches Survive During a Dry Year
  3. On the Origin of Species
  4. The Theory of Revolution
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