H. Bio – Evolution GRADE A Q&A
Charles Lyell - (correct answer)- wrote the Doctrine of Uniformitarianism
-stated physical, chemical & biological laws that operate today much the same as they
operated in the past
Jean Lamark - (correct answer)organisms acquire traits and pass those traits to their
offsprings. use and disuse - giraffes
Thomas Malthus - (correct answer)- wrote - Essay on the Principle of populations
- population increases geometrically and the food only increases arithmetically therefore
the food supply cannot keep up with an increasing organism population
Charles Darwin - (correct answer)- wrote the Origin of Species
- took a voyage on the H. M. S. Beagle
- a naturalist
- took many samples of organisms from the Galapagos Island
- stated that evolution ocurred because of natural selection
Age of the Earth - (correct answer)4.6 billion years
Evolution - (correct answer)Change over a long period of time
1st Fossil - (correct answer)prokaryote found 3.5 billion years old
Radiometic Dating - (correct answer)an estimation of how old the fossil is
Homologous Structures - (correct answer)- structures that share common ancestry
- bat wing, human arm, penguin wing, reptile limb
Charles Lyell - (correct answer)- wrote the Doctrine of Uniformitarianism
-stated physical, chemical & biological laws that operate today much the same as they
operated in the past
Jean Lamark - (correct answer)organisms acquire traits and pass those traits to their
offsprings. use and disuse - giraffes
Thomas Malthus - (correct answer)- wrote - Essay on the Principle of populations
- population increases geometrically and the food only increases arithmetically therefore
the food supply cannot keep up with an increasing organism population
Charles Darwin - (correct answer)- wrote the Origin of Species
- took a voyage on the H. M. S. Beagle
- a naturalist
- took many samples of organisms from the Galapagos Island
- stated that evolution ocurred because of natural selection
Age of the Earth - (correct answer)4.6 billion years
Evolution - (correct answer)Change over a long period of time
1st Fossil - (correct answer)prokaryote found 3.5 billion years old
Radiometic Dating - (correct answer)an estimation of how old the fossil is
Homologous Structures - (correct answer)- structures that share common ancestry
- bat wing, human arm, penguin wing, reptile limb
