WKU Bio 316 Exam 1; Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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WKU Bio 316 Exam 1; Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Evolution Correct answer-The gradual change in a species over time
Facts Correct answer-Observations accepted as truth, and better if confirmed repeatedly
Hypotheses Correct answer-Testable statement that can be supported or rejected
(fa...
WKU Bio 316 Exam 1; Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Evolution Correct answer-The gradual change in a species over time
Facts Correct answer-Observations accepted as truth, and better if confirmed repeatedly
Hypotheses Correct answer-Testable statement that can be supported or rejected
(falsified)
Falsified Correct answer-Able to be probed false
Theories Correct answer-Testable via observation and experimentation, falsifiable,
subject to revision and adjustments, and cannot be proven (only supported or falsified)
Laws Correct answer-Accepted generalizations that describe natural phenomena
1. Facts
2. Hypotheses
3. Theories
4. Laws Correct answer-What are the four components of science?
Biology Correct answer-The study of life
, WKU Bio 316 Exam 1; Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Biological evolution Correct answer-Change in populations overtime
Evolutionary biology Correct answer-Branch of biology that assesses how populations
change over time
Microevolution Correct answer-Change in allele frequencies within populations
Macroevolution Correct answer-Larger scale change, providing evidence of how we
assess relationships between taxa (species through domains)
Microevolution vs. Macroevolution Correct answer-Change in the gene pool of a
population over several generations / large scale changes in a population that leads to the
evolution of a new species
Ancient Greeks Correct answer-______ ______ were among the first to study the natural
world. They were the first scientists
Anaximander (610-546 BC) Correct answer-Early Greek naturalist who advocated...
- Early animals rose from the ocean
- Humans came from the mouths of giant fish
- Complexity rose from simple life
, WKU Bio 316 Exam 1; Questions and Answers
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Aristole (384-322 BC) Correct answer-Advocated...
- The importance of observation
- Wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying animals
- Wrote "Scala Naturae" - organizing living things along scales of "perfection"
Aristotle Correct answer-Who was the first to classify animals?
During the renaissance period (1300-1700) Correct answer-When did the rise of natural
theology occur?
Archbishop James Usher Correct answer-Calculated earths age based on biblical
genealogies, determining in 1650 that earth was 5,654 years old
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Correct answer-- Suggested that the earth was
much older than previously believed
- In 1779, made a new estimate of earth age of 75,000 years old
- Wrote Histoire Naturelle (noted that different areas support different kinds of animals and
plants regardless of environmental similarities)
Industrial Revolution Correct answer-- Paved way for efforts to locate valuable minerals
- Rise of urbanization
- Onset of population growth
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