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Kardong 1e
An Introduction to Biological Evolution
Kenneth Kardong, Washington State University---Pullman
Evolution of Evolution

Practice Quiz



1

Ancient Greek philosophers proposed a mechanism of evolutionary change identical to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Which of the following is NOT part of Darwin's theory of evolution?
A)More individuals of a species are produced than can be supported by available resources.
B)Natural selection can cause changes within species, but it cannot explain modifications that lead to new species.
C)Characteristics that allow individuals to compete successfully for limited resources tend to increase in frequency from one generation to the next.
D)Populations of organisms change through time.
3

How did the views of Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck differ from those of Darwin?
A)Lamarck did not believe that species evolved.
B)Lamarck emphasized the importance of variation within species as the raw material of evolution.
C)Under Lamarckian evolution, internal forces drive individual organisms to improve in their fit to the environment.
D)Lamarck and Darwin actually held the same set of views but used different terminology to describe them.
4

Why doesn't evolution occur through the inheritance of acquired characteristics?
A)Changes that affect the somatic cells but not the germ cells cannot be transmitted to offspring.
B)Features gained during an individual's lifetime are transmitted to offspring only when they are beneficial in a given environment.
C)This mode of inheritance cannot account for the speed with which evolutionary change must have occurred in most groups of organisms.
D)None of the above.
5

How are patterns of diversity on archipelagoes more consistent with a theory of evolution than with a theory of special creation?
A)Geographically distant archipelagoes, such as the Galápagos and the Cape Verde Islands, contain the same species with adaptations to life on oceanic islands.
B)There is generally only one species of each type of organism (e.g., mockingbird, tortoise) within a given archipelago.
C)Archipelago species strongly resemble species found on the nearest mainland.
D)More than one of the above.
6

Natural selection would not work if inheritance occurred through the blending of parental traits.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Estimates of the age of the Earth during Darwin's time were consistent with evolution by natural selection as an explanation for life's diversity.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

According to the scala naturae, or "ladder of nature," ancestral species are inferior to derived species, and evolution is a form of progress toward perfection.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

Which of the following people accepted the idea that species evolve?
A)Carolus Linneaus
B)John Ray
C)William Paley
D)Alfred Russel Wallace
10

Which of the following was the most serious stumbling block for Darwin's theory?
A)Nobody before Darwin had ever questioned the fixity of species.
B)Malthus's essay on human population growth was inconsistent with one of the conditions for natural selection.
C)Darwin had very little evidence from nature to support his views.
D)Darwin did not understand the mechanism of inheritance.








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