Lamarck
Who proposed the idea that traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime can be passed to offspring?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who developed the theory of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What does “evolution” mean?
The change in species over time.
The Synthetic Theory combines Darwin’s ideas with which field of science?
A: Genetics
What is the name of Lamarck’s theory about inherited acquired traits?
Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
What is the main idea of natural selection?
Organisms best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce.
True or False: Evolution happens over many generations.
A: True
Who discovered how traits are passed from parents to children?
A: Gregor Mendel
According to Lamarck, why did giraffes have long necks?
They stretched their necks to reach leaves
What animals did Darwin study in the Galápagos Islands that helped him develop his theory?
Finches
What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of ancient life?
fossils
True or False: In the Synthetic Theory, changes can happen when mistakes (mutations) occur in genes.
A: True
True or False: Lamarck believed the environment could directly cause changes in an organism’s body.
true
True or False: Darwin believed species never change.
A: False
Which scientist’s ideas came first: Lamarck or Darwin?
A: Lamarck
What do we call small changes in a group of animals or plants over time?
A: Evolution
What term describes organs becoming stronger with use and weaker with disuse in Lamarck’s theory?
Use and disuse
What is the title of Darwin’s famous 1859 book?
On the Origin of Species
Name one type of evidence for evolution that compares embryos of different species.
embryology
Does the Synthetic Theory explain evolution using both natural selection and genetics?
yes or no
yes