Exam 16: Evidence of Evolution

Select the most appropriate choice for each person. -Lamarck

Which period is the most recent?

When the theory of evolution by natural selection was first presented in 1858, authorship was credited to both Charles Darwin and ____.

Scientists began to question the perfection of the "great chain of being" partially because of their studies in ____.

Why are fossils older than 60 000 years hard to date using C14?

No convincing fossil evidence exists for ____.

The time it takes for half of a radioisotope's atoms to decay ____.

An asteroid that impacted Earth about 66 million years ago is believed to be responsible for ____.

Glyptodonts are fossil forms that resemble ____.

19th-century naturalists tried to reconcile traditional beliefs with physical evidence of ____________________.

The idea that geologic processes have formed Earth's surface by repeating the same actions over and over is known as ____.

Darwin's exposure to Lyell gave him insight on the ____.

Select the most appropriate choice for each person. -Darwin​

Most fossils ____.

Plate tectonic theory is based on ____.

Thomas Malthus proposed that ____.

The supercontinent Pangea ____.

Select the most appropriate choice for each person. -Malthus​

The large, ancient land mass that contained all the continents is known as ____.

The oldest fossils ____.