Science Quiz 83: Quiz on Evolution

Science Quiz 83: Quiz on Evolution

Try this quiz on evolution theories and the great scientists associated with it.

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1. Who is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution?

Thomas Henry Huxley
Richard Dawkins
Stephen Jay Gould
J. B. S. Haldane

2. Name the botanist who originated the idea of "Nature's war" which influenced Charles Darwin and the principle of natural selection

Arthur Tansley
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Eduard Suess
Gregor Mendel

3. Name the famous biologist known for coining many terms in biology, including anthropogeny,, ecology and stem cell

Charles Darwin
Carl Linnaeus
Ernst Haeckel
James Watson

4. This islands are famed for their vast number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Andaman Islands, India
Galapagos islands

5. With which one of the following ships will you associate Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy?

The Santa Maria
HMS Beagle
U.S.S. Monitor
HMS Victory

6. Who introduced the term "mutation"?

Hugo de Vries
Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins

7. Who coined the term 'Foundation species'?

Paul K Dayton
Robert T. Paine
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel

8. Name the paleontologist who coined the term 'Dinosaur'?

Charles Darwin
William Buckland
Richard Owen
Georges Cuvier

9. Who introduced the concept of Keystone species, the species that critically influences the ecosystem relative to their abundance?

Charles Darwin
Robert T. Paine
Rachel Carson
Lester Brown

10. Who among the following is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact (asteroid collision theory)?

Richard Owen
Charles Darwin
Walter Alvarez
William Parker Foulke

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