Darwin/Darwinism

Question 1

When was Darwin alive?

Answer 1

1800s

Question 2

What ship did Darwin explore on?

Answer 2

HMS Beagle

Question 3

How long was Darwin on the HMS Beagle?

Answer 3

5 years

Question 4

Which aspect of Victorian society led to the belief in species immutability?

Answer 4

Highly religious - species created by God

Question 5

Lamarck’s reasoning against immutability?

Answer 5

Giraffes formed longer necks by reaching higher branches

Question 6

Immutable?

Answer 6

Unchanging

Question 7

Refutation of Lamarck’s argument?

Answer 7

Weismann cut off mice tails and length did not change through generations - was not inherited

Question 8

Name of anonymous text suggesting species change?

Answer 8

The Natural History of Creation

Question 9

Did Darwin believe in immutability

Answer 9

Like Erasmus, no
Possible atheist

Question 10

What mechanism for species change did the Origin of Species depict?

Answer 10

natural selection - traits of survivors passed onto next generation

Question 11

Brief natural selection mechanism? (3)

Answer 11

• variation in a trait
• variation at least partly heritable
• variation linked to variation in relative number of offspring produced [fitness]

Question 12

What did Darwin not know?

Answer 12

How traits are heritable

Question 13

Darwin’s incorrect hypothesis for heritability?

Answer 13

‘pangenesis’
‘gemmules’ transferred from each organ to reproductive organs

Question 14

What did Mendel know about?

Answer 14

Genes but not DNA

Question 15

Which experiment did Mendel conduct to display the basic laws of inheritance?

Answer 15

Crossing peas

Question 16

When did Mendel cross peas?

Answer 16

1850s-60s

Question 17

Who discovered double helix structure of DNA?

Answer 17

Watson, Crick, Wilkins & Franklin

Question 18

When was double helix structure of DNA discovered?

Answer 18

1953

Question 19

Which aspect of natural selection did the discovery of DNA structure highlight?

Answer 19

variation caused by mutations changes DNA

Question 20

Neo-Darwinism?

Answer 20

natural selection combined with modern understanding of how genes work

Question 21

Genomic era?

Answer 21

reading DNA sequences of organisms

Question 22

Problem with DNA sequencing?

Answer 22

unconnected words in language not understood

Question 23

Miller - Urey experiments?

Answer 23

established conditions in primitive atmosphere with inorganic compounds & produced organic molecules

Question 24

When were the Miller - Urey experiments conducted?

Answer 24

1950s

Question 25

Panspermia?

Answer 25

Life brought inside meteorites
incorrect