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?

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

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

    <p>Biodiversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Natural selection and genetic drift</p> 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?

    <p>Theory of evolution by natural selection</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>On the Origin of Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Biodiversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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