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Which scientist is credited with founding taxonomy, the branch of biology that organizes species into a nested classification system?
Which scientist is credited with founding taxonomy, the branch of biology that organizes species into a nested classification system?
- Linnaeus (correct)
- Hutton
- Cuvier
- Darwin
Which philosopher viewed species as fixed and arranged them on a scala naturae?
Which philosopher viewed species as fixed and arranged them on a scala naturae?
- Hutton
- Aristotle (correct)
- Darwin
- Linnaeus
Who speculated that each boundary between strata represents a catastrophe that destroyed many species?
Who speculated that each boundary between strata represents a catastrophe that destroyed many species?
- Hutton
- Lyell
- Cuvier (correct)
- Linnaeus
Which geologists perceived that changes in Earth’s surface can result from slow, continuous actions still operating today?
Which geologists perceived that changes in Earth’s surface can result from slow, continuous actions still operating today?
Which book marked the beginning of a new era in biology?
Which book marked the beginning of a new era in biology?
What did 'On the Origin of Species' focus on?
What did 'On the Origin of Species' focus on?
What is the main research focus of the Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab?
What is the main research focus of the Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab?
Which scientist proposed that the mechanisms of change are constant over time?
Which scientist proposed that the mechanisms of change are constant over time?
What did Lamarck hypothesize about species evolution?
What did Lamarck hypothesize about species evolution?
What did Darwin observe about fossils and living species during his travels on the Beagle?
What did Darwin observe about fossils and living species during his travels on the Beagle?
What did Darwin hypothesize about the Galápagos finches?
What did Darwin hypothesize about the Galápagos finches?
Which term refers to the similarity resulting from common ancestry?
Which term refers to the similarity resulting from common ancestry?
What are homologous structures?
What are homologous structures?
What is the term for the evolution of similar features in distantly related groups?
What is the term for the evolution of similar features in distantly related groups?
What does the fossil record provide evidence of?
What does the fossil record provide evidence of?
What did Charles Darwin write in 1844?
What did Charles Darwin write in 1844?
What is natural selection?
What is natural selection?
When did Darwin receive a manuscript from Alfred Russell Wallace?
When did Darwin receive a manuscript from Alfred Russell Wallace?
What did Darwin argue about the modification of species in nature?
What did Darwin argue about the modification of species in nature?
Which two observations did Darwin draw inferences from?
Which two observations did Darwin draw inferences from?
What is the key feature of natural selection?
What is the key feature of natural selection?
What are the four types of data that document the pattern of evolution?
What are the four types of data that document the pattern of evolution?
What is an example of direct observation of natural selection?
What is an example of direct observation of natural selection?
What does a scientific theory do?
What does a scientific theory do?
What must the predictions of a scientific theory do?
What must the predictions of a scientific theory do?
What does Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection do?
What does Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection do?
What is an experiment?
What is an experiment?
According to Karl Popper, what can be done with a theory in the empirical sciences?
According to Karl Popper, what can be done with a theory in the empirical sciences?
What must a hypothesis be according to the text?
What must a hypothesis be according to the text?
