Survival of the fittest - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AMH 2020 TCC Mikkelson Test 2 University Of Central Florida Question and answers already passed AMH 2020 TCC Mikkelson Test 2 American Imperialism - correct answer building the empire: money and power purchased Alaska from Russia, 1867. "Seward's Folly." Alfred Thayer Mahan - correct answer In 1890, he wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History. He was a proponent of building a large navy. He said that a new, modern navy was necessary to protect the international trade ...

Who was Auguste Comte? - correct answers Comte was intrested how the French revolution change Western civilization. He introduced the idea of applying the scientific method to the social world known as positivism. Based on this innovation and comte effort to apply the scientific method to social life, he is credited as being the founder of sociology. What is Comte's 3 stage theory? - correct answers Theological stage: humankind inability to understand the natural world Metaphysical St...

principle of falsifiability - The principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation; that is, the theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen. phrenology - The now discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull. structuralism - early psych approach that emphasized the ana...

IB Biology Chapter 5 Questions and Answers Already Passed When does evolution occur It occurs when the heritable characteristics of a species change What shows that artificial selection can cause evolution selective breeding What are the evidence of evolution The fossil record, selective breeding, homologous structures, speciation, pattern of variation What is the mechanism of evolution Natural selection Analogous structures They are structures with difference in structure but...

Auguste Conte Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is known as Positivism Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together to function smoothly. (functional analysis) Herbert Spencer *Called 2nd founder of sociology *disagreed with Conte, believed sociologists should not guide social reform *societies are evolving from lower to higher form *society's most capable and intelligent members service - the less capable die out *...

Biology 1406 exam 1 reviewProperties of Life - correct answer -Order -Sensitivity / Stimuli -Reproduction -Growth & Development -Homeostasis -Regulation -Energy Processing Taxonomy - correct answer Domain- Kingdom - Phylum- Class- Order- Family- Genus- Species Natural selection evidence - correct answer -adaptation -variable traits - survival of the fittest -mechanism of heredity -artificial selection -fossil records -comparative anatomy -molecular evidence Controlled Ex...

Mttc Integrated Science Secondary Final Exam Test Graticule slide - CORRECT ANSWER-marked with grid line, useful for counting or estimating a quantity Preparing acid solutions - CORRECT ANSWER-Always add acid to 2/3 water, then add rest of water # of Animal species - CORRECT ANSWER-over 1 million species and about 30 divisions # of insects - CORRECT ANSWER-800,000 species, half of animal kingdom Characteristics of animal kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER-muliticellular, heterotrophic, repr...

Cornelius Vanderbilt - ans --Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - ans --owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - ans --Invented the process to make high-quality steel quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the steel industry in A...

SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES 11TH EDITION KENDALL TEST BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED ANSWERS CORRECT 100% VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+ Sociology is a systematic study because sociologists apply both theoretical perspectives and research methods to examinations of social behaviour. T or F? T The sociological imagination helps us place personal troubles, such as losing one's job or overspending on credit cards, into a larger social context, where we can distinguish whether and h...

Which of the following is the best modern definition of evolution? A) inheritance of acquired characters B) change in allele frequencies in a population over time C) survival of the fittest D) descent without modification - correct answer B Which of the following is not a correct version of one of Darwin's four postulates? A) some of variability in traits in a population are heritable. B) individuals with certain heritable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce. C) in eac...