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BIO 182 ASU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS
KeyaPointa1a-aans--
Evenatheamostadesperateaorganismsashareasomeafeatures,asuggestingathatatheasingle,anin
earandomaprocessageneratedadiversity.
TrueaoraFalsea#1:abiodiversityaonaearthawillalikelyadecreaseainatheanearafuture.a-aans--
True!aFingerprintsaofahumanaactivity,aspreadaofaanainvasiveaspecies,aRapidachangeaandagl
obalaclimate,ahabitatadestruction,aDeforestation
WhataareatheaThreeaWorldaViews?a-aans--1.aNaturalaEvolutiona-
aEvolutionabyanaturalaprocess2.aTheisticaEvolutiona-aEvolutionaguidedabyaGod3.aCreationa-
aSpeciesacreatedabyaGod
TrueaoraFalsea#3:aScientistsabelieveainaEvolutionaevenathoughatheyacurrentlyalackaevidence
aforatheatheory.a-aans--
False!aBasedaonaknowamechanisms:aNaturalaSelection,aMutation,aandaGeneticaDrift
KeyaPointa2a-aans--
Biologistsaacceptaevolutionaryatheoryabecauseaitsapredictionsamatchaobservations.
TrueaoraFalsea#4:aExtremeatemperaturesaofa2015aareasufficientaevidenceatoaconcludeathata
Earthaisawarming.a-aans--False!aNotaenoughadataatoashowaaatrend
KeyaPointa3a-aans--
Whenasomethingavariesaoveraspaceaandatime,aoneamustacompareasufficientasamplesatoaqu
antifyaeffectsaaccurately.
WhatadoesaReplicatingaObservationsado?a-aans--Increasesareliabilityaofapattern.
WhatadoesaControlingaConditionsado?a-aans--Isolatesaeffectsaofacertainafactors.
Whatadoesarandomizingasubjectsado?a-aans--
Decreasesariskaofabiasafromauncontrolledafactors.
WhataisaCreationismaandaCatastrophism?a-aans--
Allaspeciesacreatedainasixadays,aEarthaisa6,000ayearsaold,aspeciesafixed,aextinctionsafromaca
tastrophe.aLeadingaBiologist/aPaleontologistawhoachampionedathisascience/theory/beliefaG
eorgesaCuviera(1769-1832).
, TrueaoraFalsea#5:aDarwin'saworldviewawhenaleavingaEnglandawouldabestabeadescribedaasa
Creationism.a-aans--
True!aBasedaonatheafactathataCreationismawasatheadominantaworldaviewaatahisaplaceaandati
meaandathataheawasastudyingaforareligiousalife.
WhatadidaCharlesaLyellacontributeatoascienceainatheacontextaofaDarwinianaEvolution?a-aans--
CharlesaLyellabelievedainatheaoldaearthaideologiesaandaslowaandagradualachange.a(OldaEart
hatheorya-abillionsaandabillionsaofayearsaold)
WhatadoaCharlesaDarwin,aCharlesaLyell,aandaAlfredaWallaceahaveainacommon?a-aans--
Theyaallabelievedainanaturalaselectionaandacameaupawithatheoriesaaboutait.
KeyaPointa4a-aans--
DarwinaabandonedaaatheoryaofaCreationismaforaaatheoryaofaevolutionathatabetteraexplaineda
hisaobservationsaaboutalife.
TrueaoraFalsea#6:aDarwinacouldanotahaveaproposedanaturalaselectionawithoutaabandoningat
heaideaaofacreation.a-aans--False.aTheisticaEvolutionacouldahaveabeenahisaworldaview.
WhatabookadidaDarwinawrite?a-aans--OnatheaOriginaofaSpecies
Whataareaphenotypes?a-aans--physicalatraits
TrueaoraFalsea#7:aNaturalaSelectionaoccursawheneverasomeaindividualsareproduceamoreath
anaothers.a-aans--
False!aNotatheaonlyaelementathatayouaneed.aTheaoffspringahasatoabeasimilaratoaparentsa(heri
table).
WhataareatheanecessaryaconditionsaofaNaturalaSelection?a-aans--1.aHeritableaVariation
2.aDifferencesainaReproduction
KeyaPointa5a-aans--
NaturalaSelectionaoccursawheneveraheritableaphenotypesacauseasomeaindividualsatoarepro
duceamoreathanaothers.
TrueaoraFalsea#8:aOrganismsaevolveabyanaturalaselection.a-aans--
False!aNotaorganismabutatheapopulation.
TrueaoraFalse:aUnlikeaWallace,aDarwinadidanotabelieveathatanaturalaselectionarequiredavaria
tionaamongaindividuals.a-aans--False
TrueaoraFalse:aWallaceausedainductionatoadevelopaaamodelaofaevolutionabyanaturalaselectio
n.a-aans--True
TrueaoraFalse:aUnlikeaWallace,aDarwin'saconceivedahisatheoryaofaevolutionawithoutaobservi
ngaspeciesalivingaonaislands.a-aans--False
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