The Evolutionary Concepts of Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'

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According to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, what did he focus biologists' attention on?

  • The descent with modification
  • The fixed nature of species
  • The deep historical roots of his ideas
  • The great diversity of organisms (correct)

How did Darwin define evolution in his book?

  • The fixed nature of species
  • The deep historical roots of his ideas
  • Descent with modification (correct)
  • The pattern and process of change

What did Darwin's revolutionary ideas challenge?

  • The fixed nature of species
  • The traditional views of a young Earth with unchanging species (correct)
  • The deep historical roots of his ideas
  • The great diversity of organisms

What did Aristotle believe about species?

<p>They were fixed and arranged on a scala naturae (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Old Testament claim about species?

<p>They were individually designed by God and therefore perfect (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Charles Darwin publish On the Origin of Species?

<p>1859 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Darwin describe the relationship between current species and ancestral species?

<p>Current species are descendants of ancestral species (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin's revolutionary ideas mark the beginning of?

<p>A new era of biology (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can evolution be defined?

<p>As both a pattern and a process (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who viewed species as fixed and arranged on a scala naturae?

<p>Aristotle (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the founder of taxonomy?

<p>Carolus Linnaeus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Carolus Linnaeus develop for naming species?

<p>The binomial format (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Carolus Linnaeus attribute the resemblance among species to?

<p>The pattern of creation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who largely developed the study of fossils?

<p>Georges Cuvier (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Georges Cuvier speculate about the boundaries between strata?

<p>They are caused by catastrophes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who perceived that changes in Earth's surface can result from slow, continuous actions?

<p>James Hutton (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Charles Lyell propose about the mechanisms of change?

<p>They are constant over time (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?

<p>The traditional views of a young Earth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the study of fossils help to lay the groundwork for?

<p>Darwin's ideas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did James Hutton and Charles Lyell's view strongly influence?

<p>Darwin's thinking (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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