AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It turned out that Darwin was more interested in natural history than medicine-it was said that the sight of blood made him sick to his stomach. While he continued his studies in theology at Cambridge, it was his focus on natural history that became his passion.

Detailed explanation-2: -True or false: Charles Darwin graduated from medical school in 1831. False; Darwin’s sensitive nature prevented him from studying medicine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following observations and inferences led Charles Darwin to his theory of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution? Individuals in a population of any species vary in many heritable traits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Select the important ideas that were formulated by Darwin that supported his idea of evolution by natural selection:-Organisms become adapted to conditions as the environment changes.-Individuals within a species exhibit heritable variations.-Individuals within a population differ in their reproductive success.

Detailed explanation-5: -The evolutionary idea developed by Darwin is influenced by the principle of geologic events. Hutton and Lyell proposed the principle of geologic events. The geological events that have taken place in the past and are also taking place in the present are all executed through similar operating procedures.