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WKU Bio 316 Exam 1 Questions And Answers With 100% Correct Answers
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Gene - Linear sequence of nucleotides, coding instruction for transcription of RNA, and translation 
to a protein 
Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated: Early animals rose from the ocean, humans came from 
the mouths of giant fish, and complexity rose from simple life. 
Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Advocated the importance of observation, wrote "History of Animals", 
also wrote "Scala Natural" 
Biological Evolution - Change in populations over time 
Biology - Study of Life 
Carolus Linnaeus () ...
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EAPS 112 - Ch 5 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
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EAPS 112 - Ch 5 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 
 
Stratigraphy is primarily the study of sedimentary rocks - ANSWER-False 
 
Relative dating principles like superposition are rarely applied by stratigraphers, as they rely mostly on numerical dates. - ANSWER-False 
 
All unconformities are created during periods of erosion and/or non-deposition - ANSWER-True 
 
Unconformities can only develop between layers of sedimentary rock - ANSWER-False 
 
Walther's law states that facies seen in a conf...
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MTTC Integrated Science 094 Earth and Space Sciences Exam Questions & Answers 100% Solved
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astronomy - Answer The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space 
 
layers of the sun - Answer photosphere, chromosphere, corona 
 
the moons gravitational pull is responsible for - Answer earths tides 
 
Equinox - Answer The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun; september and march 
 
Solstice - Answer Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator 
 
Big Bang Theory - Answer (c...
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ANTH 101 All Chapters Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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ANTH 101 All Chapters Exam Questions and Answers All Correct 
 
Humans and other primates have powerful masticatory muscles to bite prey. - Answer- FALSE 
 
This is the study of what happens to a fossil from the time of death to the time of discovery. - Answer-TAPHONOMY 
 
Charles Lyell was the first scientist to help us understand the distribution of the earth layers, which influenced Darwin's work. - Answer-TRUE 
 
This principle of stratigraphy states that with all other factors equal, older...
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EAPS 112 - Chapter 17 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
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EAPS 112 - Chapter 17 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 
 
Which timeframe is marked by extensive glaciation as well as widespread tectonism and volcanism? 
a. Pleistocene 
b. Oligocene 
c. Pliocene 
d. Neogene 
e. Paleogene - ANSWER-a. Pleistocene 
 
Why is it difficult to interpret the terrestrial stratigraphy of glaciers? 
a. Glaciers deposit, but don't erode sediments. 
b. Glacial melt transports too much sediment away from the deposition site. 
c. Previous advances and retreats obscure la...
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ASM Exam 3 Questions and Answers
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Fossil - ANSWER-traces or remnants of organisms found in geological beds on the earths surface 
 
Fossil Record - ANSWER-the fossilized remains of organisms that lived in the past 
 
Paleontology - ANSWER-the study of extinct organisms based on their fossilized remains 
 
Taphonomy - ANSWER-study of processes that affect carcasses after death 
 
Taphonomic Processes - ANSWER-carnivore predation, decomposition, weathering, transport 
 
Bone modification - ANSWER-tooth marks, tool marks, weatherin...
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Principle of Geology Actual Questions And Correct Detailed Answers A+ Guaranteed.
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Relative age - correct answer You can determine if something is younger then or older than something else. 
 
Numeric or absolute age - correct answer You can more precisely assign a number 
 
Unconformity - correct answer A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time. 
 
Depos...
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SOCA 105 WVU EXAM 2 SNYDER VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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SOCA 105 WVU EXAM 2 SNYDER VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 
Absolute Dating Establishing dates in numbers or ranges of numbers. 
Accountability Belonging to the public, informing the people 
Anthropomentry The measurement of human body parts and dimensions. 
Archaeology The study of human behavior and cultural change in the past through the reconstruction, 
description, and interpretation of material remains. 
Artifacts Anything made, used, or altered in some way by humans. 
Bone Biology The study of ...
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EVOLUTION FINAL EXAM quiz questions | latest 2023/2024
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EVOLUTION FINAL EXAM quiz questions | latest 2023/2024 
 
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the evolution of drug resistance in a virus: - even before the drug is administered, some virions might be resistant 
Which of the following is NOT an example of evolution? 
a) Beak size in a population of birds becomes larger from one generation to the next because larger beaked birds had higher reproductive success and passed the trait to their offspring 
b) Over long periods of t...
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The U.P. Mammoth Site, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA: More Questions than Answers
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STRATIGRAPHIC PROVENANCE OF THE 
MAMMOTH SKELETON 
At the time the first author first visited the U.P. site 
in August 1960 most of the bones of the mammoth 
skeleton had been removed from their location under 
water and transported to Rawlins. No effort to profile 
strata was attempted until the following year after the 
local water table had been lowered by around-the-clock 
Table II Correlation chart of stratigraphic designations at the U.P. 
Mammoth site. 
Geologicala Archaeologicalb Crew de...
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