Evolutionary Concepts Quiz

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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?

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?

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?

More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive; traits vary among individuals Signup and view all the answers

What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?

Biodiversity Signup and view all the answers

What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?

Natural selection and genetic drift Signup and view all the answers

What did Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceive as an explanation for why organisms are adapted to their environments?

Theory of evolution by natural selection Signup and view all the answers

What was the first detailed publication that set out the theory of evolution by natural selection?

On the Origin of Species Signup and view all the answers

What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?

More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive; traits vary among individuals Signup and view all the answers

What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?

Biodiversity Signup and view all the answers

Evolutionary Concepts Quiz

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What is evolution?

What are the primary processes that act on genetic variation to cause evolution?

Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection independently in the mid-19th century?

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 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 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 has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organisation?

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