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Species Evolution MCQs
MCQ# 1: _ classified all living things into a “great chain of being” from simple to complex, placing human beings at the top of the chain, just under the angels and very close to God.
socrates
Aristotle
plato
archimedes
Aristotle
MCQ# 3: _, a British surveyor, classified the types of ground material in Britain in preparation for the excavation of a canal system across the island.
Mathias schleiden
Shwann
Louis pasteur
William Smith
William Smith
MCQ# 3: William smith, a _ surveyor, classified the types of ground material in Britain in preparation for the excavation of a canal system across the island.
Irish
dutch
British
french
British
MCQ# 4: __ , a French anatomist, demonstrated that fossil bones found in Europe, such as those of wooly mammoths, could be recognized as very similar to existing species, such as elephants
Mathias schleiden
Georges cuvier
Shwann
Louis pasteur
Georges cuvier
MCQ# 5: Georges cuvier, a _ anatomist, demonstrated that fossil bones found in Europe, such as those of wooly mammoths, could be recognized as very similar to existing species, such as elephants
Irish
dutch
British
french
french
MCQ# 6: _, a Scottish geologist, proposed that the Earth was very ancient and that its surface was constantly changing due to erosion, the depositing of sediment, the uplift of mountains, and flooding
Shwann
Louis pasteur
James Hutton
Noner of these
James Hutton
MCQ# 7: James hutton, a _ geologist, proposed that the Earth was very ancient and that its surface was constantly changing due to erosion, the depositing of sediment, the uplift of mountains, and flooding
Irish
scottish
dutch
British
scottish
MCQ# 8: Idea of james hutton was called?
Diversification
sustainance
uniformitarianism
None of these
uniformitarianism
MCQ# 9: _ was a gentleman from the English countryside who set out on a seafaring journey on the HMS Beagle in 1831 as the ship’s naturalist
Shwann
Charles darwin
Louis pasteur
James Hutton
Charles darwin
MCQ# 10: Darwin was a gentleman from the _ countryside who set out on a seafaring journey on the HMS Beagle in 1831 as the ship’s naturalist
english
scottish
dutch
British
english
MCQ# 11: Darwin was a gentleman from the english countryside who set out on a seafaring journey on the HMS Beagle in _ as the ship’s naturalist
1756
1890
1831
1902
1831
MCQ# 12: Characteristics of organisms that make them suited to their environment are called?
variations
adaptations
Mutations
None of these
adaptations
MCQ# 13: _ happens when members of one species get into environmental niches and have very little competition for resources at the outset.
Convulsive radiation
Adaptive radiation
Stimulated saturation
None of these
Adaptive radiation
