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Whose theory included "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time?
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
This salamander did not use its eyes so it lost its vision. Whose theory said if you don't use it, you lose it?
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
What is the process in which organism with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring?
Natural Selection
Acquired Traits
Phenotype
Genotype
Which scientist's theory would include
"variations within populations"? (choose all that apply)
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
Lyell
Which scientist's theory would include
"use or disuse".
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
Which scientist's theory would include
"organisms change due to need or want"?
Darwin
Lamarck
Wallace
Both Darwin and Wallace were naturalists.
True
False
Darwin’s ideas about natural selection were inspired by what he observed on the Galápagos Islands, while Wallace’s ideas about natural selection were inspired by what he observed on the Malay Archipelago.
True
False
Darwin and Wallace both gathered a large number of observations and facts on which they based their
theories. Which of the following types of evidence was NOT part of the evidence?
fossil evidence
anatomical evidence
genetic evidence
geographical distribution
Which observation led Wallace to conclude that all species are connected in a tree of life?
Around the globe, the more similar two species are, the closer to each other they tend to live.
Different species migrated from Australia to the islands of the Malay Archipelago.
Both the butterflies and the birds he studied had wings.
Darwin had published the same ideas in On the Origin of Species.
Which observations did not help Wallace to understand how species change over time?
The traits in a population vary from one individual to the next.
Individuals with traits that give them a slight advantage over other individuals in a population will survive, and over time individuals with those traits will outnumber other individuals.
Populations tend to produce more offspring in each generation than will survive.
The characteristics of individuals change when their environment changes.
Believed organisms changed over time from simple to complex, passing acquired traits to offspring.
Spallanzini
Miller and Ulrey
Wallace
Lamark
Came up with evolution through natural selection at the same time as Darwin
Lyell
Needham
Wallace
Miller and Ulrey
Which scientist believed that animals could chose to change to fit into their environment?
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
Mary Treat
Which scientist studied finches on the Galapagos Islands?
Jean Baptise Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
Mary Treat
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