Evolutionary Discoveries Quiz

Explore evolutionary biology with questions on natural selection, speciation, genetic drift, and more. Challenge yourself with this quiz!

#1

Who is credited with proposing the theory of natural selection?

Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
#2

What is the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on during his famous voyage?

HMS Beagle
HMS Challenger
HMS Endeavour
HMS Discovery
#3

What is the term for the process by which organisms evolve new traits in response to changes in their environment?

Natural selection
Adaptation
Mutation
Speciation
#4

What is the term for the study of the development of organisms from fertilization to birth or hatching?

Embryology
Genetics
Ecology
Paleontology
#5

What is the term for the study of the geographic distribution of organisms?

Biogeography
Paleontology
Embryology
Climatology
#6

Which scientist is known for proposing the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics?

Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
#7

What is the term used to describe the evolutionary process where two unrelated species develop similar traits due to similar environmental pressures?

Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Parallel evolution
Co-evolution
#8

Which scientist is known for proposing the concept of genetic drift?

Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Sewall Wright
Thomas Hunt Morgan
#9

What is the term for the process where an organism changes its behavior to better survive in its environment?

Adaptation
Mutation
Speciation
Natural selection
#10

Which scientist is known for proposing the theory of neutral evolution?

Richard Dawkins
Stephen Jay Gould
Kimura Motoo
Francis Crick
#11

Who proposed the theory of sexual selection as a mechanism for evolution?

Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Thomas Henry Huxley
#12

Who proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium along with Niles Eldredge?

Stephen Jay Gould
Richard Dawkins
Peter Medawar
Francis Crick
#13

Which scientist proposed the theory of endosymbiosis to explain the origin of eukaryotic cells?

Lynn Margulis
Richard Dawkins
James Lovelock
Thomas Huxley
#14

What is the term for the phenomenon where one species evolves into several different species to fill available ecological niches?

Adaptive radiation
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Parallel evolution
#15

Who proposed the theory of the selfish gene?

Richard Dawkins
Stephen Jay Gould
Edward O. Wilson
Daniel Dennett
#16

Who proposed the theory of group selection as a mechanism for evolution?

Richard Dawkins
Stephen Jay Gould
W.D. Hamilton
Lynn Margulis
#17

Who proposed the theory of panspermia, suggesting that life on Earth originated from microorganisms or chemical precursors from space?

Fred Hoyle
James Clerk Maxwell
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton

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