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The earth is thought to have formed about how long ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea that units of life called spores were carried to earth from other planets is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The belief that living things arise from rotting straw and mud is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →On the early earth, UV rays from the sun split which molecule into hydrogen and oxygen?Read the answer and worked solution →Oparin and Haldane pictured the atmosphere of the early earth as:Read the answer and worked solution →Organic compounds like Miller's products found in meteorites suggest that:Read the answer and worked solution →The first cellular forms of life appeared on earth about:Read the answer and worked solution →The theory of special creation held that the earth is about how old?Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Darwin made his round-the-world observations aboard which ship?Read the answer and worked solution →Which naturalist reached conclusions like Darwin's while working in the Malay Archipelago?Read the answer and worked solution →For Darwin, the fitness of an individual ultimately meant its:Read the answer and worked solution →Remains of hard parts of past life forms preserved in rocks are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Evidence for evolution from fossils in rock layers is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which structure forms in all vertebrate embryos but is functional only in adult fish?Read the answer and worked solution →Forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetahs and humans share one bone pattern. They are:Read the answer and worked solution →Homologous structures are the outcome of which pattern of evolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita are best described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Flippers of penguins and of dolphins illustrate which type of evolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Sweet potato and potato are analogous because the sweet potato is a modified:Read the answer and worked solution →The eye of an octopus and the eye of a mammal are regarded as:Read the answer and worked solution →Why can lichens serve as indicators of industrial pollution?Read the answer and worked solution →Darwin's finches are thought to descend from an ancestor whose beak was suited to:Read the answer and worked solution →The likeness of the Tasmanian wolf to the placental wolf is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Why do bacteria evolve new variants far faster than fish?Read the answer and worked solution →Lamarck explained the long neck of the giraffe through:Read the answer and worked solution →Thomas Malthus, whose work may have influenced Darwin, wrote about:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT an observation that natural selection rests on?Read the answer and worked solution →Hugo de Vries based his idea of mutation on work with which plant?Read the answer and worked solution →In de Vries' view, the term saltation refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →The total genes and their alleles present in a population form its:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The earth is thought to have formed about how long ago?

  1. 13.8 billion years
  2. 4.5 billion years
  3. 2.0 billion years
  4. 0.5 billion years
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Correct answer: B. 4.5 billion years

Earth formed in the solar system of the Milky Way about 4.5 billion years back; 13.8 billion years is the age of the universe.

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The idea that units of life called spores were carried to earth from other planets is called:

  1. Spontaneous generation
  2. Special creation theory
  3. Panspermia hypothesis
  4. Chemical evolution
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Correct answer: C. Panspermia hypothesis

Panspermia holds that spores of life travelled between planets, including to earth.

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The belief that living things arise from rotting straw and mud is known as:

  1. Panspermia theory
  2. Biogenesis theory
  3. Special creation
  4. Spontaneous generation
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Correct answer: D. Spontaneous generation

Spontaneous generation claimed life came out of decaying matter such as straw and mud, until Pasteur disproved it.

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