True or false on evolution

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Miller's flask produced amino acids.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Homology points to common ancestry.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   White moths increased after industrialisation.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Allelic frequencies always add up to ten.

6. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Homo erectus was found in Java.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation