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1. WhichrstatementrbestrdescribesrtherconceptrknownrasrtherGreatrChainrofrBeing?
a. Biologicalrentitiesrcanrberorganizedrintorgroupsrbasedronrsimilarities.
b. Speciesrarerarrangedronrarscalerfromrlowerrtorhigherrforms.
c. Humansrandrotherrlargerspeciesrdescendedrfromrmicrobes.
d. Parentsrpassrtraitsrtortheirroffspring.
ANSWER:rb

2. TherfirstrproponentsrofrtherGreatrChainrofrBeingrwere
a. earlyrGreekrphilosophers.
b. Renaissancerscholars.
c. therseventeenth-centuryrCatholicrChurch.
d. eighteenth-centuryrnaturalists.
ANSWER:ra

3. CarlosrLinnaeus
a. devisedrarsystemrofrtaxonomyrthatrisrstillrusedrtoday.
b. acceptedrtheridearthatrmostrofrlife'srdiversityraroserthroughrtherprocessrofrevolution.
c. believedrthatrlife'srdiversityrreflectedrardivinerplan.
d. arandrb
e. arandrc
ANSWER:re

4. NicolausrSteno
a. wasronerofrtherfirstrtorrecognizerthatrfossilsrwerertherremainsrofroncerlivingrorganisms.
b. recognizedrtherbasicrprinciplesrofrstratigraphy.
c. arandrb
d. nonerofrtherabove
ANSWER:rc

5. Thermostrinfluentialrtextronrnaturalrtheologyrwasrpublishedrby
a. JeanrBaptisterLamarck.
b. CharlesrLyell.
c. WilliamrPaley.
d. NicolausrSteno.
ANSWER:rc

6. Naturalrtheologyrdescribesrtheridearthat
a. thermechanicalrfunctionrofrlivingrthingsrisrevidencerofrardivinerdesigner.
b. thernaturalrlawsrobservablercurrentlyrarerresponsiblerforreventsrinrtherpast.
c. differencesrbetweenrindividualsrcausersomertorreproducermorereffectivelyrthanrothers.
d. liferisrarrangedronrarscalerfromrlowerrtorhigherrforms,rwithrhumansratrthertoprofrtherscale.

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ANSWER:ra

7. OnrwhichrpointrwouldrCharlesrDarwinrandrGeorgesrBuffonrhaverlikelyrdisagreed?
a. theridearthatrEarthrwasrformedraccordingrtortherlawsrofrphysics
b. theridearthatrallrlifersharesrarcommonrancestor
c. theridearthatrspeciesrchangeroverrtime
d. nonerofrtherabove
ANSWER:rb

8. GeorgesrCuvierrdiscoveredrthat
a. therremainsrofrplantsrandranimalsrwerersometimesrpreservedrinrstone.
b. livingrthingsrwerermaderuprofrthersamerkindsrofrparticlesrasrthoserfoundrinrrocks.
c. fossilizedrelephantsrdifferedrfromrtherskeletonsrofrmodernrelephantsrinrcrucialrways.
d. typesrofranimalsrhadrlivedracrossrarwidervarietyrofrgeographicalrrangesrforrarperiodrofrtime.
ANSWER:rc

9. WhatrcontributionrdidrBritishrnaturalistrMaryrAnningrmakertorpaleontology?
a. thercomparisonrofrelephantrfossilsrandrtherskeletonsrofrlivingrelephants
b. therdiscoveryrofrfossilizedrmarineranimalsrandrotherrstrangeranimals
c. theridearthatrrocksrformedrthroughrveryrslowrchanges
d. therrealizationrthatrtonguerstonesrwereractuallyrsharkrteeth
ANSWER:rb

10. Therdiscoveryrofrtherfossilizedrremainsrofranimalsrthatrnorlongerrexistedrwasrpersuasiverevidencerforrwhichrcon
cept?
a. extinction
b. homology
c. paleontology
d. uniformitarianism
ANSWER:ra

11. WilliamrSmith
a. createdrtherfirstrgeologicalrmap.
b. devisedrarsystemrofrtaxonomyrstillrinrusertoday.
c. wasrtherfirstrtorestablishrtherfactrofrextinction.
d. firstrproposedrtheridearofrnaturalrselection.
ANSWER:ra

12. Jean-BaptisterLamarckrproposedrthat
a. bacteriarrepresentrsomerofrtheryoungestrspeciesronrEarth.
b. organismsrcanradaptrtortheirrenvironment.


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c. liferarisesrspontaneously.
d. allrofrtherabove
e. nonerofrtherabove
ANSWER:rd

13. WhichrofrtherfollowingrideasrwasrnotracceptedrbyrJean-BaptisterLamarck?
a. BacteriarrepresentrsomerofrtheryoungestrspeciesronrEarth.
b. Liferarisesrspontaneously.
c. Organismsrgorextinct.
d. nonerofrtherabove
ANSWER:rc

14. Onrwhatrpoint(s)rwouldrCharlesrDarwinrandrJean-BaptisterLamarckrhaverdisagreed?
a. Organismsrchangeroverrtime.
b. Adaptationroccursrwhenrindividualsrchangertoradaptrtortheirrenvironment.
c. Speciesrgiverrisertornewrspecies.
d. nonerofrtherabove
e. allrofrtherabove
ANSWER:rb

15. Onrwhatrpoint(s)rwouldrCharlesrDarwinrandrJean-BaptisterLamarckrhaveragreed?
a. Adaptationroccursrwhenrindividualsrchangertoradaptrtortheirrenvironment.
b. Liferisrspontaneouslyrgeneratedrallrthertime.
c. Speciesrgiverrisertornewrspecies.
d. Simplerorganismsrhaverexistedrforrarshorterrperiodrofrtimerthanrcomplexrorganisms.
e. nonerofrtherabove
ANSWER:rc

16. Whichrofrtherfollowingrstatementsrisrcentralrtortheridearofruniformitarianism?
a. Naturalrlawsrthatrarerobservablertodayralsoroperatedrinrtherpast.
b. CatastrophicreventsrsuchrasrfloodsrandrvolcanoesrhaverplayedrtherprimaryrrolerinrshapingrEarth'srexi
stingrfeatures.
c. Geologicalrchangerhappensrgraduallyrforrthermostrpart.
d. arandrc
e. a,rb,randrc
ANSWER:rd

17. WhatrisrthernamerofrthernaturalistrwhoserownrideasraboutrnaturalrselectionrandrevolutionrspurredrDarwinrtorpubl
iclyrsharerhisrwork?
a. Jean-BaptisterLamarck
b. CharlesrLyell

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