Topic 1 Evolution: Lamarck Theory

Question 1

• Body parts can develop with increased usage and unused parts are weakened.

Answer 1

Use and Disuse

Question 2

• Body features acquired during one’s lifetime can be passed down to offspring

Answer 2

Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Question 3

• Inheritance of acquired characteristics is incorrect, since only changes in genetic material of cells can be passed down to offspring.

Answer 3

Note

Question 4

• Organisms produce offspring with changes, transforming each consecutive generation to be slightly more complex. Lamarck did not believe in extinction or the splitting of creating more species. This is an incorrect idea

Answer 4

Natural Transformation of species