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ISBN: 9781259638268
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 4A
Why was it helpful to Darwin to learn that Lyell thought the Earth
was very old?
a. An old Earth has more fossils than a new Earth.
b. It meant there was enough time for evolution to have occurred slowly.
c. There was enough time for the same species to spread out into all continents.
d. Darwin said that artificial selection occurs slowly.
e. All of these are correct.
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a. What did Darwin's travels reveal to him about the number and variety of living species?
b. How did tortoises and birds differ among the islands of the Galapagos?
c. What is evolution? Why is referred to as a theory?
d. Darwin found fossils of many organisms that were different from any living species. How
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which statement serves as evidence that Darwin’s theory of evolution had prediction power?
a.
It could be proven incorrect with the discovery of fossils of complex organisms found in the oldest fossil deposits.
b.
It could be proven incorrect with the discovery of amphibians and large land mammals on remote oceanic islands.
c.
It could be used to describe the evolution of large-billed finches on the Galapagos Islands.
d.
It could be used to hypothesize that fossils of the most primitive human ancestors would be found on the African continent.
Why was Jean Baptiste Lamarck wrong about the mechanism of evolution?
A.
Because giraffes haven't evolved in billions of years.
B.
Because individuals do not pass on any traits that they acquire during their lifetime.
C.
Because individuals can change their traits during their lifetime and pass on those traits to their offpsring.
D.
Because he misunderstood the structure of DNA.
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Combo Biology With Connect Access Card
Ch. 15.1 - Define catastrophism and identify who proposed...Ch. 15.1 - Evaluate Lamarck’s idea of “inheritance of...Ch. 15.1 - Construct a timeline of the history of...Ch. 15.2 - List the three categories of observations made by...Ch. 15.2 - Summarize the components of Darwin’s theory of...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 15.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 15.3 - Summarize the difference between homologous and...Ch. 15.3 - Explain how biomolecules support the theory of...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 4CYP
Ch. 15 - Prob. 1NS.1QCCh. 15 - How does the tree of life support Darwin’s theory...Ch. 15 - Which of these pairs is mismatched? a. Charles...Ch. 15 - Prob. 2ACh. 15 - Prob. 3ACh. 15 - Why was it helpful to Darwin to learn that Lyell...Ch. 15 - Prob. 5ACh. 15 - Organisms a. compete with other members of their...Ch. 15 - Prob. 7ACh. 15 - A key biogeographical observation made by Darwin...Ch. 15 - Prob. 9ACh. 15 - Humans are able to cause organisms to evolve...Ch. 15 - Prob. 11ACh. 15 - Prob. 12ACh. 15 - Prob. 13ACh. 15 - All vertebrate embryos have pharyngeal pouches....Ch. 15 - Transitional fossils have been found between some...Ch. 15 - Mutations occur at random and can increase within...Ch. 15 - 2. A cotton farmer applies a new insecticide...Ch. 15 - Prob. 3TSCh. 15 - Both Darwin and Wallace, while observing life on...
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