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BIO 182 ASU Exam 1 questions and answers rated A+ updated to pass
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BIO 182 ASU Exam 1 questions andanswers rated A+ updated to pass
Key Point 1 - correct 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. - correct 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? - correct 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. -
correct answer ✔✔False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and Genetic Drift
Key Point 2 - correct 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. - correct answer ✔✔False! Not enough data to show a trend
Key Point 3 - correct answer ✔✔When something varies over space and time, one must compare
sufficient samples to quantify effects accurately.
What does Replicating Observations do? - correct answer ✔✔Increases reliability of pattern.
What does Controling Conditions do? - correct answer ✔✔Isolates effects of certain factors.
, What does randomizing subjects do? - correct answer ✔✔Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled
factors.
What is Creationism and Catastrophism? - correct 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. -
correct 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? - correct 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? - correct answer ✔✔They
all believed in natural selection and came up with theories about it.
Key Point 4 - correct 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. - correct answer ✔✔False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
What book did Darwin write? - correct answer ✔✔On the Origin of Species
What are phenotypes? - correct answer ✔✔physical traits
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals reproduce more than others. -
correct 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? - correct answer ✔✔1. Heritable Variation
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