Biology Exploring Study Set 1

Extinct glyptodont and living nine-banded armadillo were related according to Darwin. In what way are they related?

What is the reason that a species still exists in its environment even after this environment changes?

As a young child, you preferred to collect shells and insects, dig through the mud around a pond, and watch birds rather than play video games. What did you have in common with Charles Darwin?

Which of the following is an example of Scala Naturae?

Which of the following is an example of Scala Naturae?

What was a basic truth of inheritance that had been known well before Darwin's time?

Whose quote is this: "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"?

Which of the following studies provide compelling evidence of evolutionary change?

What was the reason Darwin was sailing aboard the HMS Beagle?

Which of the following is the reason for existence of vestigial structures (useless parts of the body)?

What has Health Canada recognized as the top health issue in the past decade in Canada?

Which of the following happened before Darwin?

Who proposed the Scale of Nature?

Which of the following was NOT proposed by Lamarck's theory of evolution?

Which of these observations did NOT influence Darwin's later thoughts about evolution?

Who proposed that species change through time?

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of comparative morphology?

Which of the following is an example of biogeography?

When did Darwin's voyage take place?

What was the importance of George-Louis Leclerc's findings?