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

Question #1

In the scientific method, theories can be considered

A. "hunches" or best guesses

B. untested ideas or explanations

C. observations

D. explanations grounded in evidence

Question #2

Charles Darwin

A. was a theologian in the 20th century

B. was an English naturalist in the 1800s

C. was a scientist during the Enlightenment

D. hypothesized about human origins in the 1700s

Question #3

Natural selection

A. works only on advantageous traits

B. works on preexisting variation in a population

C. works only on dis-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. They embody the idea of descent with modification

C. They are found on every continent

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

Question #5

How did Lamark contribute to the theory of evolution?

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

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

C. He discovered genetic mutation through experiments with pea plants

D. He proposed a concept known today as gene flow