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Evolution is the process by which species adapt over time in response to their changing environment.


The Evolution of the Concept of Evolution:


Which of the following naturalist first categorized all the living things that he encountered?
a) Charles Darwin               
b) George Cuvier
c) Carlos Linnaeus             
d) Aristotle

d

Who thought that all organisms fit into an orderly scheme, later called the Scala Naturae or Ladder of Nature?
a) Charles Darwin               
b) George Cuvier
c) Carlos Linnaeus             
d) Aristotle

d

Explanation: the ladder stood, so to speak, upon non-living matter climbed rung by from fungi and moses to higher plants through primitive animals


The Scala Naturae was considered to permanent and never changing; each organism has its place on the ladder ordained by………….
a) Nature                              
b) God
c) Human                             
d) Idols

b

Fossil records indicate that eukaryotes appeared on planet Earth some………..years ago.
a) 1.5 to 2 billion               
b) 1.5 to 2 million
c) 3.5  to 4.5 million
d) 3.5 to 4.5 billion

a

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