Geological Perspectives: Hutton and Lyell Influence on Darwin

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Who popularized James Hutton's view of geological change in the nineteenth century?

  • Alfred Russell Wallace
  • JeanBaptiste Lamarck
  • Charles Darwin
  • Charles Lyell (correct)

What idea of Charles Lyell was influential on Darwin's thinking?

  • Theory of Evolution by Acquired Characteristics
  • Theory of Genetic Drift
  • Theory of Natural Selection
  • Notion of Earth's greater age (correct)

Inheritance of acquired characteristics, proposed by JeanBaptiste Lamarck, suggests that modifications in an individual are caused by what?

  • Natural Selection
  • Mutation
  • Environment or use/disuse of a structure during its lifetime (correct)
  • Genetic Drift

Who independently conceived and described the actual mechanism for evolution along with Charles Darwin in the mid-nineteenth century?

<p>Alfred Russell Wallace (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin observe that helped shape his theory of evolution?

<p>Similarities between species on different islands (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of change did James Hutton propose occurred gradually over long periods of time?

<p>Change by accumulation of small changes from processes operating over time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin observe varies among finch species?

<p>Beak shape (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Darwin, what was an inevitable outcome of natural selection?

<p>Gradual change in species characteristics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1860, Darwin speculated that the island species might be modified from what mainland species?

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What did Darwin propose as the three principles that operated in nature leading to natural selection?

<p>Inherited characteristics, limited resources, variation among offspring (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin imagine about the species in the archipelago concerning their origin?

<p>They were all modified from an original mainland species. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Darwin's idea of evolution by natural selection is based on what key concept regarding offspring?

<p>Inheritance of characteristics from parents (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of General Biology 2 Lesson 3?

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Who observed that various geographic regions have different plant and animal populations?

<p>Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did ancient views on species suggest?

<p>Species were static and unchanging (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to understand evolution according to the text?

<p>To look into our origins and how life has diversified (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which naturalist observed differences in populations despite similar environments?

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