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1. Charles Darwin determined that the earth was 6000 years old. True False 2. Lamarckian evolutionary theory: a. Shows that scientists understood genetic inheritance well at the time. b. Was considered a reasonable hypothesis during the 19th century because people did not understand inheritance. c. Is still a viable theory today. d. Proves that giraffes got their long necks by stretching them out over a long period of time and passing that acquired trait to their offspring. 3. Cuvier, Lamarck, and Erasmus Darwin all shared an idea of evolution; however, their ideas all lacked: a. An understanding of variation. b. The longevity necessary for evolution to take place. c. A basic understanding of inheritance. d. A description of natural selection, a key mechanism for evolutionary change. 4. Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because it: a. Synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change. b. Proposed the use of the scientific method for the first time. c. Coined the concept of evolution. d. Was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change. 5. The English scientist who independently co-discovered the theory of natural selection was: a. Alfred Russell Wallace. b. Charles Lyell. c. Carolus Linnaeus. d. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.

          1. Charles Darwin determined that the earth was 6000 years old.
True
False

2. Lamarckian evolutionary theory:
a. Shows that scientists understood genetic inheritance well at the time.
b. Was considered a reasonable hypothesis during the 19th century because people did not understand inheritance.
c. Is still a viable theory today.
d. Proves that giraffes got their long necks by stretching them out over a long period of time and passing that acquired trait to their offspring.

3. Cuvier, Lamarck, and Erasmus Darwin all shared an idea of evolution; however, their ideas all lacked:
a. An understanding of variation.
b. The longevity necessary for evolution to take place.
c. A basic understanding of inheritance.
d. A description of natural selection, a key mechanism for evolutionary change.

4. Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because it:
a. Synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change.
b. Proposed the use of the scientific method for the first time.
c. Coined the concept of evolution.
d. Was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change.

5. The English scientist who independently co-discovered the theory of natural selection was:
a. Alfred Russell Wallace.
b. Charles Lyell.
c. Carolus Linnaeus.
d. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.

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