BIO 182 ASU Exam 1
1. Most organisms share some features Even the most desperate organ-
like... isms share some features, sug-
gesting that the single, nine ran-
dom process generated diversity.
2. True or False #1: biodiversity on earth True! Fingerprints of human activ-
will likely decrease in the near future. ity, spread of an invasive species,
Rapid change and global climate,
habitat destruction, Deforestation
3. What are the Three World Views? 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by
natural process2. Theistic Evolu-
tion - Evolution guided by God3.
Creation - Species created by
God
4. True or False #3: Scientists believe in False! Based on know mecha-
Evolution even though they currently nisms: Natural Selection, Muta-
lack evidence for the theory. tion, and Genetic Drift
5. Evolutionary Theory is accepted by bi- Biologists accept evolutionary
ologist because? theory because its predictions
match observations.
6. True or False #4: Extreme tempera- False! Not enough data to show a
tures of 2015 are sufficient evidence to trend
conclude that Earth is warming.
7. On a graph consisting of space and When something varies over
time (X/Y) you compare what? space and time, one must com-
pare sufficient samples to quantify
effects accurately.
8. What does Replicating Observations Increases reliability of pattern.
do?
9. What does Controling Conditions do? Isolates effects of certain factors.
10. What does randomizing subjects do? Decreases risk of bias from un-
controlled factors.
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11. What is Creationism and Cata- All species created in six days,
strophism? Earth is 6,000 years old, species
fixed, extinctions from catastro-
phe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontol-
ogist who championed this sci-
ence/theory/belief Georges Cuvi-
er (1769-1832).
12. True or False #5: Darwin's worldview True! Based on the fact that Cre-
when leaving England would best be ationism was the dominant world
described as Creationism. view at his place and time and that
he was studying for religious life.
13. What did Charles Lyell contribute to Charles Lyell believed in the old
science in the context of Darwinian earth ideologies and slow and
Evolution? gradual change. (Old Earth theory
- billions and billions of years old)
14. What do Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, They all believed in natural selec-
and Alfred Wallace have in common? tion and came up with theories
about it.
15. Darwin's Theory when leaving Eng- Darwin abandoned a theory of
land? After leaving England? Creationism for a theory of evolu-
tion that better explained his ob-
servations about life.
16. True or False #6: Darwin could not False. Theistic Evolution could
have proposed natural selection with- have been his world view.
out abandoning the idea of creation.
17. What book did Darwin write? On the Origin of Species
18. What are phenotypes? physical traits
19. True or False #7: Natural Selection oc- False! Not the only element that
curs whenever some individuals repro- you need. The offspring has to be
duce more than others. similar to parents (heritable).
1. Most organisms share some features Even the most desperate organ-
like... isms share some features, sug-
gesting that the single, nine ran-
dom process generated diversity.
2. True or False #1: biodiversity on earth True! Fingerprints of human activ-
will likely decrease in the near future. ity, spread of an invasive species,
Rapid change and global climate,
habitat destruction, Deforestation
3. What are the Three World Views? 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by
natural process2. Theistic Evolu-
tion - Evolution guided by God3.
Creation - Species created by
God
4. True or False #3: Scientists believe in False! Based on know mecha-
Evolution even though they currently nisms: Natural Selection, Muta-
lack evidence for the theory. tion, and Genetic Drift
5. Evolutionary Theory is accepted by bi- Biologists accept evolutionary
ologist because? theory because its predictions
match observations.
6. True or False #4: Extreme tempera- False! Not enough data to show a
tures of 2015 are sufficient evidence to trend
conclude that Earth is warming.
7. On a graph consisting of space and When something varies over
time (X/Y) you compare what? space and time, one must com-
pare sufficient samples to quantify
effects accurately.
8. What does Replicating Observations Increases reliability of pattern.
do?
9. What does Controling Conditions do? Isolates effects of certain factors.
10. What does randomizing subjects do? Decreases risk of bias from un-
controlled factors.
, BIO 182 ASU Exam 1
11. What is Creationism and Cata- All species created in six days,
strophism? Earth is 6,000 years old, species
fixed, extinctions from catastro-
phe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontol-
ogist who championed this sci-
ence/theory/belief Georges Cuvi-
er (1769-1832).
12. True or False #5: Darwin's worldview True! Based on the fact that Cre-
when leaving England would best be ationism was the dominant world
described as Creationism. view at his place and time and that
he was studying for religious life.
13. What did Charles Lyell contribute to Charles Lyell believed in the old
science in the context of Darwinian earth ideologies and slow and
Evolution? gradual change. (Old Earth theory
- billions and billions of years old)
14. What do Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, They all believed in natural selec-
and Alfred Wallace have in common? tion and came up with theories
about it.
15. Darwin's Theory when leaving Eng- Darwin abandoned a theory of
land? After leaving England? Creationism for a theory of evolu-
tion that better explained his ob-
servations about life.
16. True or False #6: Darwin could not False. Theistic Evolution could
have proposed natural selection with- have been his world view.
out abandoning the idea of creation.
17. What book did Darwin write? On the Origin of Species
18. What are phenotypes? physical traits
19. True or False #7: Natural Selection oc- False! Not the only element that
curs whenever some individuals repro- you need. The offspring has to be
duce more than others. similar to parents (heritable).
