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1. Whichmstatement mbest mdescribesmthemconcept mknownmasmthemGreat mChainmof mBeing?
a. Biologicalmentitiesmcanmbemorganized mintomgroupsmbased monmsimilarities.
b. Speciesmaremarranged monmamscalemfrommlowermtomhighermforms.
c. Humansmand mothermlargemspeciesmdescended mfrommmicrobes.
d. Parentsmpassmtraitsmtomtheirmoffspring.
ANSWER:m b
2. Themfirst mproponentsmof mthemGreat mChainmof mBeingmwere
a. earlymGreekmphilosophers.
b. Renaissancemscholars.
c. themseventeenth-centurymCatholicmChurch.
d. eighteenth-centurymnaturalists.
ANSWER:m a
3. CarlosmLinnaeus
a. devised mamsystemmof mtaxonomymthat mismstillmused mtoday.
b. accepted mthemideamthat mmost mof mlife'smdiversitymarosemthroughmthemprocessmof mevolution.
c. believed mthat mlife'smdiversitymreflected mamdivinemplan.
d. amand mb
e. amand mc
ANSWER:m e
4. NicolausmSteno
a. wasmonemof mthemfirst mtomrecognizemthat mfossilsmweremthemremainsmof moncemlivingmorganisms.
b. recognized mthembasicmprinciplesmof mstratigraphy.
c. amand mb
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
5. Themmost minfluentialmtext monmnaturalmtheologymwasmpublished mby
a. JeanmBaptistemLamarck.
b. CharlesmLyell.
c. WilliammPaley.
d. NicolausmSteno.
ANSWER:m c
6. Naturalmtheologymdescribesmthemideamthat
a. themmechanicalmfunctionmof mlivingmthingsmismevidencemof mamdivinemdesigner.
b. themnaturalmlawsmobservablemcurrentlymaremresponsiblemformeventsminmthempast.
c. differencesmbetweenmindividualsmcausemsomemtomreproducemmoremeffectivelymthanmothers.
d. lifemismarranged monmamscalemfrommlowermtomhighermforms,mwithmhumansmat mthemtopmof mthemscale.
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ANSWER:m a
7. Onmwhichmpoint mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mGeorgesmBuffonmhavemlikelymdisagreed?
a. themideamthat mEarthmwasmformed maccordingmtomthemlawsmof mphysics
b. themideamthat mallmlifemsharesmamcommonmancestor
c. themideamthat mspeciesmchangemovermtime
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m b
8. GeorgesmCuviermdiscovered mthat
a. themremainsmof mplantsmand manimalsmweremsometimesmpreserved minmstone.
b. livingmthingsmweremmademupmof mthemsamemkindsmof mparticlesmasmthosemfound minmrocks.
c. fossilized melephantsmdiffered mfrommthemskeletonsmof mmodernmelephantsminmcrucialmways.
d. typesmof manimalsmhad mlived macrossmamwidemvarietymof mgeographicalmrangesmformamperiod mof mtime.
ANSWER:m c
9. What mcontributionmdid mBritishmnaturalist mMarymAnningmmakemtompaleontology?
a. themcomparisonmof melephant mfossilsmand mthemskeletonsmof mlivingmelephants
b. themdiscoverymof mfossilized mmarinemanimalsmand mothermstrangemanimals
c. themideamthat mrocksmformed mthroughmverymslowmchanges
d. themrealizationmthat mtonguemstonesmweremactuallymsharkmteeth
ANSWER:m b
10. Themdiscoverymof mthemfossilized mremainsmof manimalsmthat mnomlongermexisted mwasmpersuasivemevidencemformwh
ichmconcept?
a. extinction
b. homology
c. paleontology
d. uniformitarianism
ANSWER:m a
11. WilliammSmith
a. created mthemfirst mgeologicalmmap.
b. devised mamsystemmof mtaxonomymstillminmusemtoday.
c. wasmthemfirst mtomestablishmthemfact mof mextinction.
d. first mproposed mthemideamof mnaturalmselection.
ANSWER:m a
12. Jean-BaptistemLamarckmproposed mthat
a. bacteriamrepresent msomemof mthemyoungest mspeciesmonmEarth.
b. organismsmcanmadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
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c. lifemarisesmspontaneously.
d. allmof mthemabove
e. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m d
13. Whichmof mthemfollowingmideasmwasmnot maccepted mbymJean-BaptistemLamarck?
a. Bacteriamrepresent msomemof mthemyoungest mspeciesmonmEarth.
b. Lifemarisesmspontaneously.
c. Organismsmgomextinct.
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
14. Onmwhat mpoint(s)mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mJean-BaptistemLamarckmhavemdisagreed?
a. Organismsmchangemovermtime.
b. Adaptationmoccursmwhenmindividualsmchangemtomadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
c. Speciesmgivemrisemtomnew mspecies.
d. nonemof mthemabove
e. allmof mthemabove
ANSWER:m b
15. Onmwhat mpoint(s)mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mJean-BaptistemLamarckmhavemagreed?
a. Adaptationmoccursmwhenmindividualsmchangemtomadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
b. Lifemismspontaneouslymgenerated mallmthemtime.
c. Speciesmgivemrisemtomnew mspecies.
d. Simplemorganismsmhavemexisted mformamshortermperiod mof mtimemthanmcomplexmorganisms.
e. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
16. Whichmof mthemfollowingmstatementsmismcentralmtomthemideamof muniformitarianism?
a. Naturalmlawsmthat maremobservablemtodaymalsomoperated minmthempast.
b. Catastrophicmeventsmsuchmasmfloodsmand mvolcanoesmhavemplayed mthemprimarymroleminmshapingmEart
h'smexistingmfeatures.
c. Geologicalmchangemhappensmgraduallymformthemmost mpart.
d. amand mc
e. a,mb,mand mc
ANSWER:m d
17. What mismthemnamemof mthemnaturalist mwhosemownmideasmabout mnaturalmselectionmand mevolutionmspurred mDarwin
mtompubliclymsharemhismwork?
a. Jean-BaptistemLamarck
b. CharlesmLyell
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1. Whichmstatement mbest mdescribesmthemconcept mknownmasmthemGreat mChainmof mBeing?
a. Biologicalmentitiesmcanmbemorganized mintomgroupsmbased monmsimilarities.
b. Speciesmaremarranged monmamscalemfrommlowermtomhighermforms.
c. Humansmand mothermlargemspeciesmdescended mfrommmicrobes.
d. Parentsmpassmtraitsmtomtheirmoffspring.
ANSWER:m b
2. Themfirst mproponentsmof mthemGreat mChainmof mBeingmwere
a. earlymGreekmphilosophers.
b. Renaissancemscholars.
c. themseventeenth-centurymCatholicmChurch.
d. eighteenth-centurymnaturalists.
ANSWER:m a
3. CarlosmLinnaeus
a. devised mamsystemmof mtaxonomymthat mismstillmused mtoday.
b. accepted mthemideamthat mmost mof mlife'smdiversitymarosemthroughmthemprocessmof mevolution.
c. believed mthat mlife'smdiversitymreflected mamdivinemplan.
d. amand mb
e. amand mc
ANSWER:m e
4. NicolausmSteno
a. wasmonemof mthemfirst mtomrecognizemthat mfossilsmweremthemremainsmof moncemlivingmorganisms.
b. recognized mthembasicmprinciplesmof mstratigraphy.
c. amand mb
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
5. Themmost minfluentialmtext monmnaturalmtheologymwasmpublished mby
a. JeanmBaptistemLamarck.
b. CharlesmLyell.
c. WilliammPaley.
d. NicolausmSteno.
ANSWER:m c
6. Naturalmtheologymdescribesmthemideamthat
a. themmechanicalmfunctionmof mlivingmthingsmismevidencemof mamdivinemdesigner.
b. themnaturalmlawsmobservablemcurrentlymaremresponsiblemformeventsminmthempast.
c. differencesmbetweenmindividualsmcausemsomemtomreproducemmoremeffectivelymthanmothers.
d. lifemismarranged monmamscalemfrommlowermtomhighermforms,mwithmhumansmat mthemtopmof mthemscale.
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ANSWER:m a
7. Onmwhichmpoint mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mGeorgesmBuffonmhavemlikelymdisagreed?
a. themideamthat mEarthmwasmformed maccordingmtomthemlawsmof mphysics
b. themideamthat mallmlifemsharesmamcommonmancestor
c. themideamthat mspeciesmchangemovermtime
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m b
8. GeorgesmCuviermdiscovered mthat
a. themremainsmof mplantsmand manimalsmweremsometimesmpreserved minmstone.
b. livingmthingsmweremmademupmof mthemsamemkindsmof mparticlesmasmthosemfound minmrocks.
c. fossilized melephantsmdiffered mfrommthemskeletonsmof mmodernmelephantsminmcrucialmways.
d. typesmof manimalsmhad mlived macrossmamwidemvarietymof mgeographicalmrangesmformamperiod mof mtime.
ANSWER:m c
9. What mcontributionmdid mBritishmnaturalist mMarymAnningmmakemtompaleontology?
a. themcomparisonmof melephant mfossilsmand mthemskeletonsmof mlivingmelephants
b. themdiscoverymof mfossilized mmarinemanimalsmand mothermstrangemanimals
c. themideamthat mrocksmformed mthroughmverymslowmchanges
d. themrealizationmthat mtonguemstonesmweremactuallymsharkmteeth
ANSWER:m b
10. Themdiscoverymof mthemfossilized mremainsmof manimalsmthat mnomlongermexisted mwasmpersuasivemevidencemformwh
ichmconcept?
a. extinction
b. homology
c. paleontology
d. uniformitarianism
ANSWER:m a
11. WilliammSmith
a. created mthemfirst mgeologicalmmap.
b. devised mamsystemmof mtaxonomymstillminmusemtoday.
c. wasmthemfirst mtomestablishmthemfact mof mextinction.
d. first mproposed mthemideamof mnaturalmselection.
ANSWER:m a
12. Jean-BaptistemLamarckmproposed mthat
a. bacteriamrepresent msomemof mthemyoungest mspeciesmonmEarth.
b. organismsmcanmadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
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c. lifemarisesmspontaneously.
d. allmof mthemabove
e. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m d
13. Whichmof mthemfollowingmideasmwasmnot maccepted mbymJean-BaptistemLamarck?
a. Bacteriamrepresent msomemof mthemyoungest mspeciesmonmEarth.
b. Lifemarisesmspontaneously.
c. Organismsmgomextinct.
d. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
14. Onmwhat mpoint(s)mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mJean-BaptistemLamarckmhavemdisagreed?
a. Organismsmchangemovermtime.
b. Adaptationmoccursmwhenmindividualsmchangemtomadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
c. Speciesmgivemrisemtomnew mspecies.
d. nonemof mthemabove
e. allmof mthemabove
ANSWER:m b
15. Onmwhat mpoint(s)mwould mCharlesmDarwinmand mJean-BaptistemLamarckmhavemagreed?
a. Adaptationmoccursmwhenmindividualsmchangemtomadapt mtomtheirmenvironment.
b. Lifemismspontaneouslymgenerated mallmthemtime.
c. Speciesmgivemrisemtomnew mspecies.
d. Simplemorganismsmhavemexisted mformamshortermperiod mof mtimemthanmcomplexmorganisms.
e. nonemof mthemabove
ANSWER:m c
16. Whichmof mthemfollowingmstatementsmismcentralmtomthemideamof muniformitarianism?
a. Naturalmlawsmthat maremobservablemtodaymalsomoperated minmthempast.
b. Catastrophicmeventsmsuchmasmfloodsmand mvolcanoesmhavemplayed mthemprimarymroleminmshapingmEart
h'smexistingmfeatures.
c. Geologicalmchangemhappensmgraduallymformthemmost mpart.
d. amand mc
e. a,mb,mand mc
ANSWER:m d
17. What mismthemnamemof mthemnaturalist mwhosemownmideasmabout mnaturalmselectionmand mevolutionmspurred mDarwin
mtompubliclymsharemhismwork?
a. Jean-BaptistemLamarck
b. CharlesmLyell
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