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BIO 182 ASU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Key Point 1 - ANSWER Even the most desperate organisms share some features, suggesting that the
single, nine random process generated diversity.
True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future. - ANSWER True! Fingerprints
of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid change and global climate, habitat destruction,
Deforestation
What are the Three World Views? - ANSWER 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process2.
Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by God3. Creation - Species created by God
True or False #3: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the theory. -
ANSWER False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and Genetic Drift
Key Point 2 - ANSWER Biologists accept evolutionary theory because its predictions match observations.
True or False #4: Extreme temperatures of 2015 are sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is
warming. - ANSWER False! Not enough data to show a trend
Key Point 3 - ANSWER When something varies over space and time, one must compare sufficient
samples to quantify effects accurately.
What does Replicating Observations do? - ANSWER Increases reliability of pattern.
What does Controling Conditions do? - ANSWER Isolates effects of certain factors.
What does randomizing subjects do? - ANSWER Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled factors.
, What is Creationism and Catastrophism? - ANSWER All species created in six days, Earth is 6,000 years
old, species fixed, extinctions from catastrophe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontologist who championed this
science/theory/belief Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).
True or False #5: Darwin's worldview when leaving England would best be described as Creationism. -
ANSWER True! Based on the fact that Creationism was the dominant world view at his place and time
and that he was studying for religious life.
What did Charles Lyell contribute to science in the context of Darwinian Evolution? - ANSWER Charles
Lyell believed in the old earth ideologies and slow and gradual change. (Old Earth theory - billions and
billions of years old)
What do Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and Alfred Wallace have in common? - ANSWER They all believed
in natural selection and came up with theories about it.
Key Point 4 - ANSWER Darwin abandoned a theory of Creationism for a theory of evolution that better
explained his observations about life.
True or False #6: Darwin could not have proposed natural selection without abandoning the idea of
creation. - ANSWER False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
What book did Darwin write? - ANSWER On the Origin of Species
What are phenotypes? - ANSWER physical traits
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals reproduce more than others. -
ANSWER False! Not the only element that you need. The offspring has to be similar to parents
(heritable).
What are the necessary conditions of Natural Selection? - ANSWER 1. Heritable Variation
2. Differences in Reproduction
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