Lamarck's Proposal of the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics Included the Idea

question 58

Multiple Choice

Lamarck's proposal of the inheritance of acquired characteristics included the idea that

• A) the continual stretching of giraffe's necks to reach leaves led to longer necks.
• B) local catastrophes cause mass extinctions of species.
• C) species are only produced through special creation.
• D) species are fixed and unchanging over time.
• E) organisms are acted on by the environment.