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Introductory Biology

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Set 15 Principles Of Evolution

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Question 1

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Who wrote On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?

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

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Question 2

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Who presented the idea of natural selection to the Linnaean Society in 1858?

A) Cuvier
B) Darwin and Wallace
C) Darwin
D) Plato
E) Lamarck

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Question 3

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An antibiotic is given repeatedly to treat a recurrent ear infection. It worked initially but now is no longer effective. This indicates that the Streptococcus bacterium

A) is being treated with an antibiotic that has experienced a manufacturing error, making it infective.
B) is very sensitive to the antibiotic.
C) is infectious only if it is sensitive to the antibiotic.
D) experienced natural selection that has allowed the resistant Streptococcus to survive and multiply.

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