Evolutionary History Quiz

Humans descended from fish (correct)

Humans descended from mammals

Humans descended from birds

Humans were created by a deity

A vague idea with no evidence to support it

A guess or conjecture

A religious belief

A well-tested explanation for a phenomenon (correct)

The process by which organisms produce fewer offspring to conserve resources

The process by which organisms randomly produce offspring

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment produce more offspring (correct)

The process by which organisms adapt to their environment in a predetermined way

<p>Random variations in the frequencies of genes within populations, particularly small populations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All life began in the sea</p> Signup and view all the answers