Question

Which of the following books was written by Charles Darwin?
(a)Origin of species
(b)Species plantarum
(c)Genera plantarum
(d)De naturien familien

Answer 1

Charles Darwin's scientific literature, published on 24 November 1859, is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book presented the scientific hypothesis that species grow over centuries through a mechanism of natural selection.

Complete answer:
Every species is fertile enough that if all the offspring survived to reproduce, the population will expand (actually).
-Despite periodic variations, populations remain approximately the same size (fact).
-Resources such as food are scarce and relatively constant over time (actually).
-There is a fight for survival (inference).
-Individuals in a community (fact) differ significantly from one another.
-Most of this variation is inherited (actual).
-Individuals that are less suited to the environment are less likely to survive and less likely to reproduce; individuals who are more suited to the environment are more likely to survive and are more likely to reproduce and leave their heritable traits to future generations that generate the mechanism of natural selection (fact).
-As a result of this gradual process, populations shift to adapt to their environments, and, eventually, these changes accumulate over time to form new species (inference).
Additional information:
Species Plantarum- Species Plantarum is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists all species of plants recognized at that time, categorized into genera. It is the first work to systematically apply binomial names and was the starting point for plant names.
Genera Plantarum- Genera Plantarum is written by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). The first edition was written in Leiden, 1737. Genera Plantarum used its "male classification scheme" in which plants are grouped according to the number of stamens and pistils in the flower.
So, the correct answer is the ‘origin of species’.

Note: Darwin's theory consisted of two key points:

1. Different groups of animals evolve from one or a few common ancestors;
2. The process by which this evolution takes place is natural selection.
   Darwin's theory of evolution is based on key facts and inferences derived from them, outlined as follows by the biologist Ernst Mayr.