Through the gradual process of descent with modification over one generation, a single original speciesis thought to have given rise to all the life we see today.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Over a long period of time, helpful variations in a species replace the unfavorable ones. This change can lead toGroup of answer choicesgenetic mutations.fossilization.geographic isolation.evolution.

Which pattern of evolution results in one species splitting into many over time?Group of answer choicesconvergent evolutionsexual selectiondivergent evolutioncoevolution

At the time Darwin voyaged on the HMS Beagle, the popularly accepted theory in Western culture that explained the origin of Earth's plants and animals held that the various species ______________________.Group of answer choiceshad been created by divine intervention a few thousand years beforearose from a single species that had survived the biblical floodarose continually from non-living materials by spontaneous generationhad evolved from now-extinct organisms

The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors is:Group of answer choicesAdaptationGene PoolFitnessEvolution

Who was one of the first scientists to suggest that species arose from ancestors and were changing?Multiple choice question.WallaceCuvierHuttonBuffon