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Question 1
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The theory that states that all forms of life were created about 6000 years ago in the forms they hold now is:
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Lamarckism
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Darwinism
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Polymorphism
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Creationism
Question 2
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Count George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon said that species:
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Are static
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Change over time
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May be morphologically similar
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Cannot interbreed
Question 3
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Which of the following was NOT supported by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
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Use and disuse
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Inheritance of acquired traits
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Natural selection
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The change of species over time
Question 4
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According to Lamarck, traits, such as large muscles, that are acquired over an individual's lifetime:
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are acted on by natural selection
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can be passed on to offspring
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cannot be passed on to offspring
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are the result of a change of alleles
Question 5
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Which of the following is used as evidence to support creationism?
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Study of natural populations
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The book of Genesis
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Experimental genetics
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Mathematical modeling of populations
Question 6
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According to Darwin, what caused species to change over time?
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Use and disuse
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Lamarckian inheritance
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Inheritance of acquired traits
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Natural selection
Question 7
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The fossil record:
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Provides ample evidence against natural selection
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Does not provide evidence against evolution by natural selection
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Provides ample evidence for creationism
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Does not provide evidence for inheritance of acquired traits
Question 8
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Advances in which field were instrumental in making Darwin's theory of evolution widely accepted?
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Mathematics
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Engineering
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Paleontology
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Genetics
Question 9
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An individual's fitness is
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The ratio of body fat to muscle weight
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The ability of that individual to survive to reproductive age
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The probability that that individual will have 2 or more offspring
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The probability that an individual will contribute its genes to the next generation
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