Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions


1	Plato's idea of "essentialism" declares that:
		A)	humans are the most perfect forms of creation
		B)	humans were created after animals
		C)	existing entities are mostly inexact copies of an ideal
		D)	humans evolved from fish


2	Stratigraphy is the study of:
		A)	the layers of rock and soil beneath the earth's surface
		B)	fossils
		C)	the creation story in the book of Genesis
		D)	natural selection


3	Catastrophists believe that:
		A)	a flooding of the entire earth is impossible
		B)	the biblical creation story is implausible
		C)	the oceans, tides, and currents formed the earth's strata
		D)	the history of the earth is explained by a series of global disasters


4	Uniformitarianism explains the history of the strata of the earth through:
		A)	the deposition of strata under the waters of the ocean
		B)	the compacting of strata by pressure and their uplifting above sea level by subterranean heat
		C)	the erosion of land by water, wind, and decay
		D)	all the above


5	Scientists now have evidence that the world is about _____ years old:
		A)	6000
		B)	4.5 billion
		C)	2 million
		D)	9 billion


6	Which statement about natural selection is false?
		A)	organisms tend to become increasingly complex
		B)	natural selection does not always work
		C)	different traits adapt to different environments
		D)	different variations will be produced in each population


7	Darwin's observation of _______ was a major influence to his work.
		A)	pea plants
		B)	beagles
		C)	pigeons
		D)	giraffes


8	The man who came up with natural selection at about the same time as Darwin was:
		A)	Alfred Russel Wallace
		B)	Robert Hooke
		C)	Carolus Linnaeus
		D)	Nicholas Steno


9	Gregor Mendel is best known for his work on:
		A)	the effect of the environment on giraffes
		B)	the basic laws of genetics
		C)	sediment deposits in the Mississippi Delta
		D)	determining the age of the earth


10	Jean de Lamarck's idea about evolution did not include:
		A)	the will of the animal
		B)	subtle fluids in the body
		C)	the creation of organs
		D)	the possibility of extinction

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