ASU BIO182 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 NEWEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS ACCURATE
PREP RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future.
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?
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.
Answer: False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection,
Mutation, and Genetic Drift
⩥ Key Point 2
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.
Answer: False! Not enough data to show a trend
⩥ Key Point 3
Answer: When something varies over space and time, one must compare
sufficient samples to quantify effects accurately.
⩥ What does Replicating Observations do?
Answer: Increases reliability of pattern.
⩥ What does Controling Conditions do?
Answer: Isolates effects of certain factors.
⩥ What does randomizing subjects do?
Answer: Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled factors.
⩥ What is Creationism and Catastrophism?
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.
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?
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?
Answer: They all believed in natural selection and came up with theories
about it.
⩥ Key Point 4
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.
Answer: False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 NEWEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS ACCURATE
PREP RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future.
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?
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.
Answer: False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection,
Mutation, and Genetic Drift
⩥ Key Point 2
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.
Answer: False! Not enough data to show a trend
⩥ Key Point 3
Answer: When something varies over space and time, one must compare
sufficient samples to quantify effects accurately.
⩥ What does Replicating Observations do?
Answer: Increases reliability of pattern.
⩥ What does Controling Conditions do?
Answer: Isolates effects of certain factors.
⩥ What does randomizing subjects do?
Answer: Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled factors.
⩥ What is Creationism and Catastrophism?
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.
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?
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?
Answer: They all believed in natural selection and came up with theories
about it.
⩥ Key Point 4
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.
Answer: False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
