bio 400 Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Biology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of living things coined by lamarck
1802 ( a french botanist zoologist and evolutinary thinker)
Between the golden age of ancient greece and the mid 19th century two disciplines
studied living things and the proterties of life - CORRECT ANSWER-natural
history and medicine
what does the discipline of history attempt to understand - CORRECT ANSWER-
attempts to understand the human past,particularly change in the human past.
It is the broadest and most intergrative of all intellecutal disciplines
intelectul history (including the history of science) can be understodd on the basis
of two kind of factors - CORRECT ANSWER-subdivision of history
Intellectual histroy - CORRECT ANSWER-
what are both historical in nature - CORRECT ANSWER-the disciplines of
biology and history
why study history? - CORRECT ANSWER-- intellectual curiosity
,- expand ones imagination
- to use past to guide are fututre actions
-to connect with the past on emotional and spiritual level
- guilty pleasure
primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- pieces of evidence from the time in
question
- all historical knowledge you aquire apart from your memories comes from
primary sources
examples of primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- written documents
- government archives
- legal proceedings
- diaries
- work of literature
- photographs
secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- syntheses of primary sources or of
other secondary sources
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,- most historical knoweldge that non historians consumr is in the form of
secondary soruces
examples of secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- research report
- a review
- a textbook
- a artivle or book
philosophical approaches to the understanding of history - CORRECT ANSWER-
1) empirical,source based,corrigible
2) metaphysicl or speculative philosophy of history- the search for overreaching
laws, directions,principles or meaning in history
ways of presenting history in a course like this - CORRECT ANSWER--
chronologically
- biographically
- topically
chronologically advantages and disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
makes some casual relationships and temporal connections clear
disadvantages: can be difficult to follow separate threads, eg in biology diversity,
organismal function, medicine can be montonous
, biographically advantages and disadvantges - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
critical individuals have been important in history ( Alexander the
Great,nappoleon,Darwin,Lenin) makes history more accessible and comrehensible
tp non historians
disadvantages: can be false to the subject much of history cinsists of contribution
and actions of many people most important concepts dont lend themselves to this
kind of treatment (eg economic influences,geographic influences)
topically advantages and disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
particularly suited to intellectual history makes the flow and interior dynamic of a
field clear
disadvantage: makes historical milieux and exterior influences harder to discern
what are the four main biological questions - CORRECT ANSWER-1) what living
things are there in the world and how do they interact
2) where do organisms (both individuals and species) come from
3) how do organisms work?
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Answers Graded A+
Biology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of living things coined by lamarck
1802 ( a french botanist zoologist and evolutinary thinker)
Between the golden age of ancient greece and the mid 19th century two disciplines
studied living things and the proterties of life - CORRECT ANSWER-natural
history and medicine
what does the discipline of history attempt to understand - CORRECT ANSWER-
attempts to understand the human past,particularly change in the human past.
It is the broadest and most intergrative of all intellecutal disciplines
intelectul history (including the history of science) can be understodd on the basis
of two kind of factors - CORRECT ANSWER-subdivision of history
Intellectual histroy - CORRECT ANSWER-
what are both historical in nature - CORRECT ANSWER-the disciplines of
biology and history
why study history? - CORRECT ANSWER-- intellectual curiosity
,- expand ones imagination
- to use past to guide are fututre actions
-to connect with the past on emotional and spiritual level
- guilty pleasure
primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- pieces of evidence from the time in
question
- all historical knowledge you aquire apart from your memories comes from
primary sources
examples of primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- written documents
- government archives
- legal proceedings
- diaries
- work of literature
- photographs
secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- syntheses of primary sources or of
other secondary sources
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,- most historical knoweldge that non historians consumr is in the form of
secondary soruces
examples of secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER-- research report
- a review
- a textbook
- a artivle or book
philosophical approaches to the understanding of history - CORRECT ANSWER-
1) empirical,source based,corrigible
2) metaphysicl or speculative philosophy of history- the search for overreaching
laws, directions,principles or meaning in history
ways of presenting history in a course like this - CORRECT ANSWER--
chronologically
- biographically
- topically
chronologically advantages and disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
makes some casual relationships and temporal connections clear
disadvantages: can be difficult to follow separate threads, eg in biology diversity,
organismal function, medicine can be montonous
, biographically advantages and disadvantges - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
critical individuals have been important in history ( Alexander the
Great,nappoleon,Darwin,Lenin) makes history more accessible and comrehensible
tp non historians
disadvantages: can be false to the subject much of history cinsists of contribution
and actions of many people most important concepts dont lend themselves to this
kind of treatment (eg economic influences,geographic influences)
topically advantages and disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER-advantages:
particularly suited to intellectual history makes the flow and interior dynamic of a
field clear
disadvantage: makes historical milieux and exterior influences harder to discern
what are the four main biological questions - CORRECT ANSWER-1) what living
things are there in the world and how do they interact
2) where do organisms (both individuals and species) come from
3) how do organisms work?
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
