Question 1

Buffon,Hutton,and Lyell all thought geological change was fairly steady,slow,and caused by everyday processes,an idea known as

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A)  uniformitarianism.
B)  inheritance of acquired characteristics.
C)  catastrophism.
D)  stratigraphy.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The explanation of geological and biological change as the result of a series of global floods,earthquakes,volcanoes,and so on,is known as

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A)  uniformitarianism.
B)  evolution.
C)  stratigraphy.
D)  catastrophism.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

The first scientist to recognize the importance and meaning of geological strata was

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A)  Nicholas Steno.
B)  James Hutton.
C)  Charles Lyell.
D)  Charles Darwin.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The idea of biological evolution goes back to

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A)  the ancient Greeks.
B)  the century or so before Darwin.
C)  Isaac Newton.
D)  about the beginning of the 20th century.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C) A

Question 5

The study of the layers of rock and soil below the earth's surface is called

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A)  geology.
B)  paleontology.
C)  catastrophism.
D)  stratigraphy.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above D

Question 6

We now understand that Earth's history can be explained by

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A)  strict uniformitarianism.
B)  traditional catastrophism.
C)  both natural and supernatural forces
D)  both uniformitarian processes,and localized and even some global catastrophes.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

According to Darwin's idea,what determines an individual's fitness?

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A)  how long it lives
B)  how well it fights off diseases and predators
C)  how large and complex it is
D)  how successfully it reproducesE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Archbishop James Ussher is credited with figuring the age of the earth to be about

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A)  4.5 billion years.
B)  12 to 18 billion years.
C)  several million years.
D)  6,000 years.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Darwin's idea about the process of evolution is called

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A)  uniformitarianism.
B)  natural selection.
C)  biological evolution.
D)  paleontology.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

The basic laws of inheritance were articulated by

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A)  Gregor Mendel.
B)  Charles Darwin.
C)  Charles Lyell.
D)  Jean de Lamarck.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Darwin delayed for some time before publishing his idea.Which was NOT a reason for this delay?

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A)  His idea acknowledged extinction.
B)  His idea did not include progressive evolution toward greater complexity.
C)  His version of evolution did not claim that evolution was leading toward humans.
D)  Nobody believed in evolution,and his idea proved itE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Alfred Russel Wallace is known for

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A)  proposing explanations for evolution that differed from Darwin's.
B)  coming up with natural selection at about the same time as Darwin.
C)  deriving the laws of genetics.
D)  his staunch advocacy of catastrophism.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Jean de Lamarck's idea about biological evolution contained both correct notions and incorrect ones.Which of his ideas has proved to be correct?

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A)  Life evolves toward increasing complexity.
B)  Living forms become more perfect with time.
C)  The mechanism of evolution is the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
D)  Evolution is related to changes in adaptation to the environment.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

A major influence on Darwin's thinking was his observation of

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A)  physical variation within species.
B)  the workings of genetics.
C)  how new species originate almost constantly in nature.
D)  how species are able to change without ever becoming extinct.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Steno,Hooke,and Cuvier all reconciled natural evidence with a biblical time frame through the concept of

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A)  uniformitarianism.
B)  biological evolution.
C)  catastrophism.
D)  inheritance of acquired characteristics.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Georges Cuvier pioneered the idea of reconstructing fossil species by comparing their remains to living species.This process is known as

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A)  paleontology.
B)  comparative anatomy.
C)  inheritance of acquired characteristics.
D)  uniformitarianism.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which is NOT a part of Lamarck's inheritance of acquired characteristics?

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A)  recognition by an organism of an environmental change
B)  automatic production of anatomical changes in response to environmental change
C)  possibility of extinction when the process doesn't work
D)  passing on of acquired changes to offspringE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

The contribution of Charles Darwin to the theory of evolution was that he

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A)  proved evolution had occurred.
B)  disproved the biblical account of creation.
C)  provided a mechanism to explain how evolution works.
D)  was the first to apply the scientific method to examining evolution.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Question 19

The idea that fossils represent the remains of ancient creatures,now extinct or changed in form,is usually credited first to

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A)  James Ussher.
B)  Robert Hooke.
C)  Charles Lyell.
D)  Charles Darwin.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

The idea that first proposed that changes in the earth took place over spans of time much longer than 6,000 years is

Accepted Answer

A)  catastrophism.
B)  evolution.
C)  paleontology.
D)  uniformitarianism.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 2: The Evolution of Evolution

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The explanation of geological and biological change as the result of a series of global floods,earthquakes,volcanoes,and so on,is known as

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The first scientist to recognize the importance and meaning of geological strata was

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We now understand that Earth's history can be explained by

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According to Darwin's idea,what determines an individual's fitness?

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The basic laws of inheritance were articulated by

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Darwin delayed for some time before publishing his idea.Which was NOT a reason for this delay?

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Alfred Russel Wallace is known for

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