Population Genetics - Ecology Global Insights | Biology+

Course

Ecology

Study Pack

Set 1: An Introduction to Ecology

Set 2: Population Genetics

Set 3: Natural Selection, Speciation, and Extinction

Set 4: Behavioral Ecology

Set 5: Temperature

Set 7: Nutrients

Set 8: Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns

Set 9: Life Tables and Demography

Set 10: Population Growth

Set 11: Competition and Coexistence

Set 12: Facilitation

Set 13: Predation

Set 14: Herbivory

Set 15: Parasitism

Set 16: Population Regulation

Set 17: Species Diversity

Set 18: Species Richness Patterns

Set 19: Species Richness and Community Services

Set 20: Succession

Set 21: Island Biogeography

Set 22: Terrestrial Biomes

Set 23: Marine Biomes

Set 24: Freshwater Biomes

Set 25: Food Webs and Energy Flow

Set 26: Biomass Production

Set 27: Biogeochemical Cycles

Set 2 Population Genetics

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Set 2 Population Genetics

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The first person to publish a theory that species change over time was

A) Plato
B) Lamarck
C) Darwin
D) Wallace
E) Mendel

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Charles Robert Darwin

A) had a thorough understanding of genetics.
B) sailed on a three year survey around the world.
C) examined fossil beds in China.
D) formulated a theory of natural selection.
E) knew little of geological change.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Malthus proposed that because the earth was not overrun by humans they must be limited by

A) food shortage, disease, war.
B) natural selection.
C) survival of the fittest.
D) evolution.
E) Adaptation.

Answer