As Darwin Was Working on His Notes and the Theory

question 7

Multiple Choice

As Darwin was working on his notes and the theory of evolution, his thoughts about how evolutionary change could occur were influenced by a concept he had read in an essay written in 1798 by ________.

• A) Alfred Wallace.
• B) Norman Borlaug.
• C) Jean Baptiste Lamarck.
• D) Malthus.
• E) Theophrastus.

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A form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises); a logical structure that uses three parts.

Middle Term

In a categorical syllogism, the term that appears in both premises and links together the major and minor terms.

Syllogism

A form of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.