The theory that states that all forms of life were created about 6000 years ago in the forms they hold now is:
Lamarckism
Darwinism
Polymorphism
Creationism
Count George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon said that species:
Are static
Change over time
May be morphologically similar
Cannot interbreed
Which of the following was NOT supported by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
Use and disuse
Inheritance of acquired traits
Natural selection
The change of species over time
According to Lamarck, traits, such as large muscles, that are acquired over an individual's lifetime:
are acted on by natural selection
can be passed on to offspring
cannot be passed on to offspring
are the result of a change of alleles
Which of the following is used as evidence to support creationism?
Study of natural populations
The book of Genesis
Experimental genetics
Mathematical modeling of populations
According to Darwin, what caused species to change over time?
Lamarckian inheritance
The fossil record:
Provides ample evidence against natural selection
Does not provide evidence against evolution by natural selection
Provides ample evidence for creationism
Does not provide evidence for inheritance of acquired traits
Advances in which field were instrumental in making Darwin's theory of evolution widely accepted?
Mathematics
Engineering
Paleontology
Genetics
An individual's fitness is
The ratio of body fat to muscle weight
The ability of that individual to survive to reproductive age
The probability that that individual will have 2 or more offspring
The probability that an individual will contribute its genes to the next generation
