Los Angeles City College » Anthropology » Anthropology 101 - Human Biologic Evolution » Fall 2022

Question #1

In the scientific method, theories can be considered

A. observations

B. untested ideas or explanations

C. explanations grounded in evidence

D. "hunches" or best guesses

Question #2

Charles Darwin

A. was a theologian in the 20th century

B. hypothesized about human origins in the 1700s

C. was an English naturalist in the 1800s

D. was a scientist during the Enlightenment

Question #3

Natural selection

A. works only on dis-advantageous traits

B. works on preexisting variation in a population

C. works only on advantageous traits

D. works on traits acquired during an organism's lifetime

Question #4

Why are Darwin's finches considered good examples of natural selection?

A. They did not differ between populations

B. There is fossil evidence that they originated in North America

C. They embody the idea of descent with modification

D. They are found on every continent

Question #5

How did Lamark contribute to the theory of evolution?

A. Lamarck proposed that the use of a trait could influence an offspring’s phenotype in the next generation

B. He proposed a concept known today as gene flow

C. He proposed the concept of natural selection after observing giraffes in Africa

D. He discovered genetic mutation through experiments with pea plants