Which of the following is NOT a key idea of Darwin's theory of evolution?
Organisms can change their traits during their lifetime and pass these changes to their offspring.
Natural selection favors individuals with advantageous traits.
There is variation among individuals within a population.
More offspring are produced than can survive.
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Evolutionary biology is
The study of history of life forms on earth
Study of pedigrees of life forms on earth
Equivalent to demography
Equivalent to anthropology
Which compound has very important role in prebiotic evolution?
NO
Which of the following is an example of an adaptation?
A scar on a dog's leg
Camouflage coloring of a chameleon
A broken wing on a bird
A learned trick by a dolphin
The concept of punctuated equilibrium challenges the traditional view of evolution by suggesting:
Evolution proceeds at a constant, gradual rate.
Long periods of stasis punctuated by rapid bursts of evolutionary change.
Evolutionary changes occur only in small, isolated populations.
Acquired characteristics are inherited and drive evolutionary change.
Which observation MOST directly challenges the idea of a universally applicable “molecular clock” for dating evolutionary divergence?
Fossil evidence sometimes contradicts molecular clock estimates.
Mutation rates can be influenced by environmental factors.
Different genes evolve at different rates, even within the same lineage.
Horizontal gene transfer can introduce new genes into a lineage.
When and who wrote the book. The origin of species?
Mendel in 1809
Wallace in 1858
Lamarck in 1869
Darwin in 1859
Why were the earliest organisms on Earth most likely anaerobic?
Lack of free oxygen in the early atmosphere
Abundance of free oxygen in the early atmosphere
High temperatures in the early atmosphere
Low availability of organic molecules
Prodigality of reproduction in Darwinism refers to
Every organism produces numerous offspring
Successful organism produce numerous offsprings
Only a few individuals are able to reproduce
Only a few individuals are able to survive
Theory of continuity of germplasm was given by
August Weismann
Lamarck
Darwin
Wallace
Who proposed that the first form of life come from preexisting non-living molecules?
Devries and Haldane
Louis Pasteur and Miller
Darwin & Lamarck
Oparin & Haldane
