ASU BIO 182 EXAM 2 PAPER
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS +
⩥ why is life so incredibly diverse, yet so strangely similar? Answer:
organisms can contain similar features. planes have wings, birds have
wings-this feature is useful for different things (different for penguins,
pelicans, bats, eagles)
⩥ true or false: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future? Answer:
⩥ true or false: scientists believe in evolution even though they currently
lack evidence for the theory Answer: false
⩥ true or false: opposition to irrational numbers was based on evidence
that such numbers cannot exist Answer: false
⩥ true or false: opposition to irrational numbers stemmed from a
worldview involving naturalistic evolution Answer: false
⩥ true or false: the belief that irrational numbers cannot exist reflects
religion more than science Answer: true
, ⩥ true or false: modern mathematicians accept irrational numbers
because such numbers provide more accurate solutions to problems than
whole numbers do Answer: true
⩥ the scientific method relies on.... Answer: models, observations, and
experiments
⩥ a model is a formal description of a scientific hypothesis. which
provides the most precise description of a hypothesis? Answer:
⩥ true or false: an experiment enables one to demonstrate that a
correlation between two variables results from cause and effect Answer:
true
⩥ a well designed experiment... Answer: controls for environmental and
genetic factors, involves replications of experimental subjects, and
randomizes experimental subject among treatments
⩥ true or false: unlike Wallace, Darwin did not believe that natural
selection required variation among individuals Answer: false
⩥ true or false: Wallace used induction to develop a model of evolution
by natural selection Answer: true
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS +
⩥ why is life so incredibly diverse, yet so strangely similar? Answer:
organisms can contain similar features. planes have wings, birds have
wings-this feature is useful for different things (different for penguins,
pelicans, bats, eagles)
⩥ true or false: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future? Answer:
⩥ true or false: scientists believe in evolution even though they currently
lack evidence for the theory Answer: false
⩥ true or false: opposition to irrational numbers was based on evidence
that such numbers cannot exist Answer: false
⩥ true or false: opposition to irrational numbers stemmed from a
worldview involving naturalistic evolution Answer: false
⩥ true or false: the belief that irrational numbers cannot exist reflects
religion more than science Answer: true
, ⩥ true or false: modern mathematicians accept irrational numbers
because such numbers provide more accurate solutions to problems than
whole numbers do Answer: true
⩥ the scientific method relies on.... Answer: models, observations, and
experiments
⩥ a model is a formal description of a scientific hypothesis. which
provides the most precise description of a hypothesis? Answer:
⩥ true or false: an experiment enables one to demonstrate that a
correlation between two variables results from cause and effect Answer:
true
⩥ a well designed experiment... Answer: controls for environmental and
genetic factors, involves replications of experimental subjects, and
randomizes experimental subject among treatments
⩥ true or false: unlike Wallace, Darwin did not believe that natural
selection required variation among individuals Answer: false
⩥ true or false: Wallace used induction to develop a model of evolution
by natural selection Answer: true
