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What is evolution?
What is evolution?
- The adaptation of organisms to their physical and biological environments
- The change in non-heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
- The process of creating new species
- The change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations (correct)
What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?
What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?
- Adaptation and speciation
- Isolation and inbreeding
- Natural selection and genetic drift (correct)
- Mutation and genetic recombination
Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection independently in the mid-19th century?
Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection independently in the mid-19th century?
- Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke
- Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace (correct)
What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?
What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?
What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?
What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?
What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?
What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?
What did Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceive as an explanation for why organisms are adapted to their environments?
What did Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceive as an explanation for why organisms are adapted to their environments?
What was the first detailed publication that set out the theory of evolution by natural selection?
What was the first detailed publication that set out the theory of evolution by natural selection?
What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?
What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?
What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?
What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?
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