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Biology 1010 Final Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
How do hypotheses differ from theories? Answer: Theories are more
comprehensive than hypotheses.
According to lecture, can science and religion coexist? Can they answer
all of the same questions? Answer: Yes, No
The quote, "In science, theories do not turn into facts through the
accumulation of evidence. Rather, theories are the end points of science"
is supported by which of the following ideas: Answer: None of the above
Which of the following is true of Charles Darwin: Answer: When his
daughter died, he blamed himself, and became indifferent towards God
Which answer is best given the statement: Darwin, the author of "The
Origin of Species", is well known because he was the first person to
suggest that one species can evolve into another species Answer: The
statement is False
Who would be considered Darwin's early mentor (he also helped get him
on the beagle)? Answer: Henslow
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Natural selection ______. Answer: results in evolutionary adaptation
Speciation requires ______. Answer: ...
The founder effect differs from a population bottleneck in that the
founder effect ______. Answer: involves the isolation of a small colony of
individuals from a larger population
When two frog species, Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica, mate, the
offspring die early in embryonic development. This is an example of
______. Answer: ...
Annelids are most closely related to ______. Answer: molluscs
Using the following evolutionary tree that depicts the relationships of
Mayflies (yellow branches), Dragonfiles (Pink branches), and all other
winged insects (light green branches). Which of the following is true:
Answer: Mayflies and dragonflies share a recent common ancestor that
had wings
Can science address:Did Jesus walk on water? Answer: No
Can science address:Can a human walk on water? Answer: Yes
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Can science address:Should human DNA be used in genetic cloning?
Answer: No
Can science address:How old is the Earth? Answer: Yes
Can science address:What morphological characteristics were likely
present in the common ancestor of humans and chimps? Answer: Yes
Can science address:Why was the Earth created? Answer: No
Can science address:How does coffee affect ulcers? Answer: Yes
Can science address:Should people drink coffee? Answer: No
Can science address:Are humans most closely related to chimpanzees?
Answer: Yes
Darwin's Bulldog Answer: Huxley
Biblical literalist, ultimately killed himself Answer: Fitzroy
Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin
Answer: Wallace
Married Emma Wedgwood Answer: Charles Darwin
Captain of the Beagle Answer: Fitzroy
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"The man who walked with Darwin" Answer: Henslow
Wrote "Principles of Geology" Answer: Lyell
Was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln Answer: Charles Darwin
Medical Doctor, wrote how all organisms belong to one living filament
Answer: Erasmus Darwin
Suppose you want to date the age of a trilobite fossil you found in the
mountains of Dugway. You collect rocks that surround the fossil (from
the same rock layer) and send them off to be radiometrically dated. If the
half life of element X decaying into Y is 125 million years, and there is 1/16
of the original amount of X left in the rock you found. How old is the
rock and therefore the fossil? Answer: 500 million years
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to
reproduction:Populations never come into contact with each other
Answer: Pre
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Offspring
fail to reproduce Answer: Neither
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Male and
female gametes fail to unite in fertilization. Answer: Pre
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Biology 1010 Final Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
How do hypotheses differ from theories? Answer: Theories are more
comprehensive than hypotheses.
According to lecture, can science and religion coexist? Can they answer
all of the same questions? Answer: Yes, No
The quote, "In science, theories do not turn into facts through the
accumulation of evidence. Rather, theories are the end points of science"
is supported by which of the following ideas: Answer: None of the above
Which of the following is true of Charles Darwin: Answer: When his
daughter died, he blamed himself, and became indifferent towards God
Which answer is best given the statement: Darwin, the author of "The
Origin of Species", is well known because he was the first person to
suggest that one species can evolve into another species Answer: The
statement is False
Who would be considered Darwin's early mentor (he also helped get him
on the beagle)? Answer: Henslow
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Natural selection ______. Answer: results in evolutionary adaptation
Speciation requires ______. Answer: ...
The founder effect differs from a population bottleneck in that the
founder effect ______. Answer: involves the isolation of a small colony of
individuals from a larger population
When two frog species, Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica, mate, the
offspring die early in embryonic development. This is an example of
______. Answer: ...
Annelids are most closely related to ______. Answer: molluscs
Using the following evolutionary tree that depicts the relationships of
Mayflies (yellow branches), Dragonfiles (Pink branches), and all other
winged insects (light green branches). Which of the following is true:
Answer: Mayflies and dragonflies share a recent common ancestor that
had wings
Can science address:Did Jesus walk on water? Answer: No
Can science address:Can a human walk on water? Answer: Yes
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Can science address:Should human DNA be used in genetic cloning?
Answer: No
Can science address:How old is the Earth? Answer: Yes
Can science address:What morphological characteristics were likely
present in the common ancestor of humans and chimps? Answer: Yes
Can science address:Why was the Earth created? Answer: No
Can science address:How does coffee affect ulcers? Answer: Yes
Can science address:Should people drink coffee? Answer: No
Can science address:Are humans most closely related to chimpanzees?
Answer: Yes
Darwin's Bulldog Answer: Huxley
Biblical literalist, ultimately killed himself Answer: Fitzroy
Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin
Answer: Wallace
Married Emma Wedgwood Answer: Charles Darwin
Captain of the Beagle Answer: Fitzroy
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"The man who walked with Darwin" Answer: Henslow
Wrote "Principles of Geology" Answer: Lyell
Was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln Answer: Charles Darwin
Medical Doctor, wrote how all organisms belong to one living filament
Answer: Erasmus Darwin
Suppose you want to date the age of a trilobite fossil you found in the
mountains of Dugway. You collect rocks that surround the fossil (from
the same rock layer) and send them off to be radiometrically dated. If the
half life of element X decaying into Y is 125 million years, and there is 1/16
of the original amount of X left in the rock you found. How old is the
rock and therefore the fossil? Answer: 500 million years
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to
reproduction:Populations never come into contact with each other
Answer: Pre
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Offspring
fail to reproduce Answer: Neither
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Male and
female gametes fail to unite in fertilization. Answer: Pre
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