UW Bio 180 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
A living entity made up of one or more cells - Correct
Answers ✅Organism
An explanation for a very general class of phenomena or
observations - Correct Answers ✅Theory
All organisms are made of cells and all cells come from
preexisting cells - Correct Answers ✅Cell Theory
Specifies what we should observe when the hypothesis being
tested isn't correct - Correct Answers ✅Null Hypothesis
A group that checks for other factors which are not being
tested - Correct Answers ✅Control Group
Pattern and process - Correct Answers ✅Two components
of scientific theories
Individuals of the same species that are living in the same
area at the same time - Correct Answers ✅Population
Evolution - Correct Answers ✅Descent with modification
1) Species change through time
, UW Bio 180 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
2) Species are related through common ancestry - Correct
Answers ✅Pattern component of Evolution
All fossils that have been found and described in the scientific
literature - Correct Answers ✅Fossil Record
Living species - Correct Answers ✅Extant Species
No longer existing species - Correct Answers ✅Extinct
Species
A trait in a fossil species that is intermediate between those
of older and younger species - Correct Answers
✅Transitional Feature
A reduced or incompletely developed structure that has no
function or reduced function but is clearly similar to
functioning organs or structures in closely related species -
Correct Answers ✅Vestigial Trait
A family tree of populations or species - Correct Answers
✅Phylogeny
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
A living entity made up of one or more cells - Correct
Answers ✅Organism
An explanation for a very general class of phenomena or
observations - Correct Answers ✅Theory
All organisms are made of cells and all cells come from
preexisting cells - Correct Answers ✅Cell Theory
Specifies what we should observe when the hypothesis being
tested isn't correct - Correct Answers ✅Null Hypothesis
A group that checks for other factors which are not being
tested - Correct Answers ✅Control Group
Pattern and process - Correct Answers ✅Two components
of scientific theories
Individuals of the same species that are living in the same
area at the same time - Correct Answers ✅Population
Evolution - Correct Answers ✅Descent with modification
1) Species change through time
, UW Bio 180 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
2) Species are related through common ancestry - Correct
Answers ✅Pattern component of Evolution
All fossils that have been found and described in the scientific
literature - Correct Answers ✅Fossil Record
Living species - Correct Answers ✅Extant Species
No longer existing species - Correct Answers ✅Extinct
Species
A trait in a fossil species that is intermediate between those
of older and younger species - Correct Answers
✅Transitional Feature
A reduced or incompletely developed structure that has no
function or reduced function but is clearly similar to
functioning organs or structures in closely related species -
Correct Answers ✅Vestigial Trait
A family tree of populations or species - Correct Answers
✅Phylogeny
