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WSU Bio 102 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers evolution - CORRECT ANSWER- living things change over time natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER- explains process of descent with modification (strongest live out weak creating stronger proceeding generation) fossils prove 2 thing...

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WSU Bio 102 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- living things change over time



natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- explains process of descent with modification
(strongest live out weak creating stronger proceeding generation)


fossils prove 2 things... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. life on earth is very old
2. living things have changed over time (some not so much)


"connectedness" in fossils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- theory explaining observations that
don't make sense in terms of natural causes.
why whales today have pelvic bone, b/c ancestors had back legs


Louis Pasteur famous for... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -experiment on spontaneous
generation of living things
-pasteurization


an _____________ of some phenomenon in nature leads to a ________. A _________ is a
tentative answer to that question. ___________ that come from the hypothesis(if, then...) are
tested with data obtained from additional observations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
observation, question
hypothesis, prediction


a theory is a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- multiply-tested and well supported hypothesis



process of science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an observation leads to a hypothesis that
leads to a test


scientific theories are ________ and make __________ predictions; describe particular
natural phenomenon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- testable & falsifiable

, similarities & differences= created by God

also father of taxonomy (classifying organisms) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Linnaeus



proposed idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Lamarck


"argument from design" b/c we are so complex we must have been produced by a creator -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- William Paley



natural selections unsung hero - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alfred Wallace



Gregor Mendel observed that... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- inheritance genes come in pairs
(alleles- one from mom & one from dad) via peas


only _________ alleles, not _________ are expressed in the phenotype - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- dominant, recessive


_________= flesh & blood form of person

________= genetic makeup - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- phenotype vs. genotype



sex linkage explains why - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some phenotypes occur more
frequently in one sex.
A recessive allele on the x, from mom, can't be masked by dominant allele on Y from dad


example of discrete traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- widow's peak, eye color
controlled by one or few genes


examples of continuous traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- height, IQ\
many genes acting together

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