1: Lamarck was strongly opposed to the idea that acquired characteristics could be inherited.
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2: Charles Darwin is genreally credited with developing the theory of natural selection.
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False
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3: Weismann denied the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
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False
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4: DeVries developed his mutation theory as a result of studies in which he used white rats.
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5: Plants growing close together compete with one another for soil moisture, minerals, and sunlight.
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False
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6: In nature, fitness depends upon the existing conditions of life.
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False
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7: If an acquired characteristic makes an individual fit for survival, this characteristic will be passed onto the offspring.
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False
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8: When environments change, populations of plants and animals change also.
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False
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9: In natural selection, the nature of the environment determines whether a given characteristic is harmful or useful.
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False
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10: Artificial selection refers to methods we use to improve our cultivated plants and domesticated animals.
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False
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11: Some species are dispersed becuase they are accidentally transported by man.
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False
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12: Place of origin has very little to do with the present distribution of any species.
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False
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13: All species are about equally able to survive in different environments.
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False
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14: Some species have become much more widely dispersed than have other species.
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False
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15: A species is not affected by natural selection so long as it remains in its homeland.
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False
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16: The house rat has the ability to adapt to many different environments.
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False
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17: The long-day theory suggests that God used evolution to create the universe and everything in it.
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False
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18: Short-day theorists believe that creation took place in six 24-hour days.
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False
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19: The canopy theory is based on the interpretation os a "gap" between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.
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False
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20: II Peter 3:8 is used as the justification of the long-day theory.
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False
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