Biology (Mader), 10th Edition

Chapter 15: Darwin and Evolution

Pre-Test

1
Prior to the 1800s people believed _____.
A)the earth was billions of years old
B)living things shared a common ancestor
C)species were specially created and fixed in time
D)species evolved in response to their environment
2
The father of taxonomy who gave us the binomial system of nomenclature is _____.
A)Charles Darwin
B)Carolus Linnaeus
C)Gregor Mendel
D)Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
3
Lamarck supported the idea of _________.
A)catastrophism
B)acquired characteristics
C)fixity of species
4
The first to use comparative anatomy to develop a system of classifying animals and the founder of the science of paleontology was _____.
A)Lamarck
B)Aristotle
C)Cuvier
D)Linnaeus
5
Charles Darwin based his conclusions regarding common descent on _____.
A)changes undergone by animals during development
B)artificial selection by humans
C)the presence of vestigial organs
D)All of the above
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