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peer review and replication are important for the progression of science... T/F True
Science is a subjective (not objective) process... T/F True
What other researcher (aside from charles darwin) independently came up with the idea that
natural selection was the mechanism of evolution? Alfred Russel Wallace
which researcher witnessed a ship of his most treasured natural history specimens go up in
flames? alfred russel wallace
what is a basic requirement for natural selection to occur in a population? Organisms in the
same population must differ from one another in their heritable traits.
Examples of natural selection and evolution at work include which of the following? -The
case of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus resistance to first penicillin, then methicillin, and
now vancomycin.
-Housefly resistance to DDT within a decade of its introduction.
-Weed resistance to herbicides.
-The progression of metastatic cancer and failure of drugs over time to stop the cancer.
-All of the above****** correct
According to the scientific article, 'Cancer as an evolutionary and ecological process' (Merlo, et.
al, 2006) - why might the concept of evolution by natural selection be useful in understanding
the biology of cancer? Select TWO of the following answers.
, A.Cancer is too intractible and difficult to understand - witness the lack of progress in 100 years
of fighting it.
B.Cancer therapies select for cancer stem cells with resistance mutations.
C.There is evidence for competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism between co-evolving
clones in and around a cancer neoplasm.
D. Cancer is always an example of viral predation on higher eukaryotes. B&C
According to Thomas S. Kuhn and his book, 'The structure of scientific revolutions', paradigms
change quickly as scientists rush to embrace new scientific ideas and new evidence.. T/F
False
Professor David L. Pearson suggests in his article (Six-legged Tigers) that beetles could be used a
valuable food source for humans when reared on beetle farms.... T/F False
Which hypotheses about the function of the tiger beetle turrets could be rejected based on
David Pearson's research? (Check all that apply)
-Protection from flooding
-Temperature control (thermoregulation)
-Food attraction (turret attracts prey for the tiger beetle larvae to eat)
-Protection from parasitiods (enemies like wasps and hoverflies) -Protection from flooding
-protection from parasitiods (enemies like wasps and hoverflies)
When trying to answer a scientific question, it is best to have only one hypothesis.. t/f? False
What is one hypothesis as to why most tiger beetle larvae don't build turrets? There is no
one right answer. Possibilities include that the costs (more effort, parasitiods) outweigh the
benefits (prey, temperature) or that turret building is a recent evolutionary development
peer review and replication are important for the progression of science... T/F True
Science is a subjective (not objective) process... T/F True
What other researcher (aside from charles darwin) independently came up with the idea that
natural selection was the mechanism of evolution? Alfred Russel Wallace
which researcher witnessed a ship of his most treasured natural history specimens go up in
flames? alfred russel wallace
what is a basic requirement for natural selection to occur in a population? Organisms in the
same population must differ from one another in their heritable traits.
Examples of natural selection and evolution at work include which of the following? -The
case of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus resistance to first penicillin, then methicillin, and
now vancomycin.
-Housefly resistance to DDT within a decade of its introduction.
-Weed resistance to herbicides.
-The progression of metastatic cancer and failure of drugs over time to stop the cancer.
-All of the above****** correct
According to the scientific article, 'Cancer as an evolutionary and ecological process' (Merlo, et.
al, 2006) - why might the concept of evolution by natural selection be useful in understanding
the biology of cancer? Select TWO of the following answers.
, A.Cancer is too intractible and difficult to understand - witness the lack of progress in 100 years
of fighting it.
B.Cancer therapies select for cancer stem cells with resistance mutations.
C.There is evidence for competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism between co-evolving
clones in and around a cancer neoplasm.
D. Cancer is always an example of viral predation on higher eukaryotes. B&C
According to Thomas S. Kuhn and his book, 'The structure of scientific revolutions', paradigms
change quickly as scientists rush to embrace new scientific ideas and new evidence.. T/F
False
Professor David L. Pearson suggests in his article (Six-legged Tigers) that beetles could be used a
valuable food source for humans when reared on beetle farms.... T/F False
Which hypotheses about the function of the tiger beetle turrets could be rejected based on
David Pearson's research? (Check all that apply)
-Protection from flooding
-Temperature control (thermoregulation)
-Food attraction (turret attracts prey for the tiger beetle larvae to eat)
-Protection from parasitiods (enemies like wasps and hoverflies) -Protection from flooding
-protection from parasitiods (enemies like wasps and hoverflies)
When trying to answer a scientific question, it is best to have only one hypothesis.. t/f? False
What is one hypothesis as to why most tiger beetle larvae don't build turrets? There is no
one right answer. Possibilities include that the costs (more effort, parasitiods) outweigh the
benefits (prey, temperature) or that turret building is a recent evolutionary development
