After Darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection, scientists began trying to test his ideas in a variety of ways. Which of the following best explains why it was important that scientists did this?

They had to see if this new idea fit the evidence they found in their experiments.

They knew they would be left behind by the scientific community if they did not.

They needed to discredit Darwin as quickly as possible with contradictory evidence.

They were compelled to prove that this new idea was correct and Lamarck was wrong.

Question

After Darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection, scientists began trying to test his ideas in a variety of ways. Which of the following best explains why it was important that scientists did this?

		They had to see if this new idea fit the evidence they found in their experiments.

		They knew they would be left behind by the scientific community if they did not.

		They needed to discredit Darwin as quickly as possible with contradictory evidence.

		They were compelled to prove that this new idea was correct and Lamarck was wrong.

anonymous · Answer

The scientific way of doing things is to compare your results against a theory - either your own or someone else's theory. So scientists would have checked their results and observations against the new theory of Natural Selection.

anonymous · Answer

There was also a Sociopolitical aspect involed, the church which tried to discredit Darwin, since the new Theory of evolution challenged the way they had believed.