ASM 246 WEEK 2 QUIZ WITH COMPLETE
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADE
A+)
Charles Lyell - answer ✔✔-Who wrote "Principles of Geology" and emphasized the principle of
uniformitarianism?
adaptive radiation - answer ✔✔-_________ occurs when multiple species arise from a single species.
HMS Beagle - answer ✔✔-Darwin was a naturalist on what ship?
theory - answer ✔✔-A scientific explanation of observable facts based on multiple hypotheses,
extensive observation, and experimentation is known as which of the following?
fixity of species - answer ✔✔-Carolus Linnaeus held the belief that life forms could not and did not
change. This came to be known as ________.
malaria - answer ✔✔-In some human populations, sickle cell trait is an adaptation to prevent which of
the following?
sexual selection - answer ✔✔-__________ is a type of natural selection that operates by increasing
reproductive success, not survival.
artificial - answer ✔✔-Farmers have bred many domesticated species for specific desired traits. These
animals have been the subject of ____________ selection for these traits.
are due to common ancestry - answer ✔✔-Homologous characters are similar because they:
Watson and Crick - answer ✔✔-Who is typically credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA?
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADE
A+)
Charles Lyell - answer ✔✔-Who wrote "Principles of Geology" and emphasized the principle of
uniformitarianism?
adaptive radiation - answer ✔✔-_________ occurs when multiple species arise from a single species.
HMS Beagle - answer ✔✔-Darwin was a naturalist on what ship?
theory - answer ✔✔-A scientific explanation of observable facts based on multiple hypotheses,
extensive observation, and experimentation is known as which of the following?
fixity of species - answer ✔✔-Carolus Linnaeus held the belief that life forms could not and did not
change. This came to be known as ________.
malaria - answer ✔✔-In some human populations, sickle cell trait is an adaptation to prevent which of
the following?
sexual selection - answer ✔✔-__________ is a type of natural selection that operates by increasing
reproductive success, not survival.
artificial - answer ✔✔-Farmers have bred many domesticated species for specific desired traits. These
animals have been the subject of ____________ selection for these traits.
are due to common ancestry - answer ✔✔-Homologous characters are similar because they:
Watson and Crick - answer ✔✔-Who is typically credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA?
