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1. WhichhstatementhbesthdescribeshthehconcepthknownhashthehGreathChainhofhBeing?
a. Biologicalhentitieshcanhbehorganizedhintohgroupshbasedhonhsimilarities.
b. Specieshareharrangedhonhahscalehfromhlowerhtohhigherhforms.
c. Humanshandhotherhlargehspecieshdescendedhfromhmicrobes.
d. Parentshpasshtraitshtohtheirhoffspring.
ANSWER:h b

2. ThehfirsthproponentshofhthehGreathChainhofhBeinghwere
a. earlyhGreekhphilosophers.
b. Renaissancehscholars.
c. thehseventeenth-centuryhCatholichChurch.
d. eighteenth-centuryhnaturalists.
ANSWER:h a

3. CarloshLinnaeus
a. devisedhahsystemhofhtaxonomyhthathishstillhusedhtoday.
b. acceptedhthehideahthathmosthofhlife'shdiversityharosehthroughhthehprocesshofhevolution.
c. believedhthathlife'shdiversityhreflectedhahdivinehplan.
d. ahandhb
e. ahandhc
ANSWER:h e

4. NicolaushSteno
a. washonehofhthehfirsthtohrecognizehthathfossilshwerehthehremainshofhoncehlivinghorganisms.
b. recognizedhthehbasichprincipleshofhstratigraphy.
c. ahandhb
d. nonehofhthehabove
ANSWER:h c

5. Thehmosthinfluentialhtexthonhnaturalhtheologyhwashpublishedhby
a. JeanhBaptistehLamarck.
b. CharleshLyell.
c. WilliamhPaley.
d. NicolaushSteno.
ANSWER:h c

6. Naturalhtheologyhdescribeshthehideahthat
a. thehmechanicalhfunctionhofhlivinghthingshishevidencehofhahdivinehdesigner.
b. thehnaturalhlawshobservablehcurrentlyharehresponsiblehforheventshinhthehpast.
c. differenceshbetweenhindividualshcausehsomehtohreproducehmoreheffectivelyhthanhothers.
d. lifehisharrangedhonhahscalehfromhlowerhtohhigherhforms,hwithhhumanshaththehtophofhthehscale.

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ANSWER:h a

7. OnhwhichhpointhwouldhCharleshDarwinhandhGeorgeshBuffonhhavehlikelyhdisagreed?
a. thehideahthathEarthhwashformedhaccordinghtohthehlawshofhphysics
b. thehideahthathallhlifehshareshahcommonhancestor
c. thehideahthathspecieshchangehoverhtime
d. nonehofhthehabove
ANSWER:h b

8. GeorgeshCuvierhdiscoveredhthat
a. thehremainshofhplantshandhanimalshwerehsometimeshpreservedhinhstone.
b. livinghthingshwerehmadehuphofhthehsamehkindshofhparticleshashthosehfoundhinhrocks.
c. fossilizedhelephantshdifferedhfromhthehskeletonshofhmodernhelephantshinhcrucialhways.
d. typeshofhanimalshhadhlivedhacrosshahwidehvarietyhofhgeographicalhrangeshforhahperiodhofhtime.
ANSWER:h c

9. WhathcontributionhdidhBritishhnaturalisthMaryhAnninghmakehtohpaleontology?
a. thehcomparisonhofhelephanthfossilshandhthehskeletonshofhlivinghelephants
b. thehdiscoveryhofhfossilizedhmarinehanimalshandhotherhstrangehanimals
c. thehideahthathrockshformedhthroughhveryhslowhchanges
d. thehrealizationhthathtonguehstoneshwerehactuallyhsharkhteeth
ANSWER:h b

10. Thehdiscoveryhofhthehfossilizedhremainshofhanimalshthathnohlongerhexistedhwashpersuasivehevidencehforhwhichhc
oncept?
a. extinction
b. homology
c. paleontology
d. uniformitarianism
ANSWER:h a

11. WilliamhSmith
a. createdhthehfirsthgeologicalhmap.
b. devisedhahsystemhofhtaxonomyhstillhinhusehtoday.
c. washthehfirsthtohestablishhthehfacthofhextinction.
d. firsthproposedhthehideahofhnaturalhselection.
ANSWER:h a

12. Jean-BaptistehLamarckhproposedhthat
a. bacteriahrepresenthsomehofhthehyoungesthspecieshonhEarth.
b. organismshcanhadapthtohtheirhenvironment.


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c. lifehariseshspontaneously.
d. allhofhthehabove
e. nonehofhthehabove
ANSWER:h d

13. WhichhofhthehfollowinghideashwashnothacceptedhbyhJean-BaptistehLamarck?
a. BacteriahrepresenthsomehofhthehyoungesthspecieshonhEarth.
b. Lifehariseshspontaneously.
c. Organismshgohextinct.
d. nonehofhthehabove
ANSWER:h c

14. Onhwhathpoint(s)hwouldhCharleshDarwinhandhJean-BaptistehLamarckhhavehdisagreed?
a. Organismshchangehoverhtime.
b. Adaptationhoccurshwhenhindividualshchangehtohadapthtohtheirhenvironment.
c. Specieshgivehrisehtohnewhspecies.
d. nonehofhthehabove
e. allhofhthehabove
ANSWER:h b

15. Onhwhathpoint(s)hwouldhCharleshDarwinhandhJean-BaptistehLamarckhhavehagreed?
a. Adaptationhoccurshwhenhindividualshchangehtohadapthtohtheirhenvironment.
b. Lifehishspontaneouslyhgeneratedhallhthehtime.
c. Specieshgivehrisehtohnewhspecies.
d. Simplehorganismshhavehexistedhforhahshorterhperiodhofhtimehthanhcomplexhorganisms.
e. nonehofhthehabove
ANSWER:h c

16. Whichhofhthehfollowinghstatementshishcentralhtohthehideahofhuniformitarianism?
a. Naturalhlawshthatharehobservablehtodayhalsohoperatedhinhthehpast.
b. CatastrophicheventshsuchhashfloodshandhvolcanoeshhavehplayedhthehprimaryhrolehinhshapinghEarth'she
xistinghfeatures.
c. Geologicalhchangehhappenshgraduallyhforhthehmosthpart.
d. ahandhc
e. a,hb,handhc
ANSWER:h d

17. WhathishthehnamehofhthehnaturalisthwhosehownhideashabouthnaturalhselectionhandhevolutionhspurredhDarwinhtohp
ubliclyhsharehhishwork?
a. Jean-BaptistehLamarck
b. CharleshLyell

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