From: The Inability of Primary School to Introduce Children to the Theory of Biological Evolution
Statements | Absolutely disagree | Probably disagree | Probably agree | Absolutely agree | Don’t know, no reply |
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% | % | % | % | % | |
Evolution of organisms | |||||
All organisms on earth came into existence at the same time | 81 | 11.8 | 3.3 | 2 | 2 |
Millions of years ago, there existed exactly the same (species of) plants and animals as those in existence today | 71.9 | 22.2 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
The theory of evolution refers to all organisms except humans | 63.4 | 25.5 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 2 |
Common ancestry | |||||
All species of organisms are descendants of a common distant ancestor | 16.3 | 23.5 | 32 | 18.3 | 15 |
Humans and dinosaurs—origin of life on earth | |||||
At one time, people co-existed with dinosaurs | 31.4 | 22.9 | 21.6 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
Evolution is a theory that explains how life began on earth | 13.7 | 19 | 39.2 | 24.8 | 3.3 |
Reasons for the appearance of new features—natural selection | |||||
New features appear in organisms because organisms need them in order to survive | 3.3 | 2 | 39.2 | 53.6 | 2 |
Natural selection occurs every time organisms try to adapt to the needs of the environment | 2 | 5.2 | 49.7 | 37.3 | 5.9 |
“Theory” | |||||
Evolution is called a theory because there is no evidence for it | 9.2 | 26.8 | 44.4 | 5.9 | 13.7 |