BIOLOGY 1407 BLINN FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1.1.Knowledge of ONLY the value for ______ would be sufficient for the calculation of
Hardy-Weinberg expectations - Answers - p
1.2. The principle of parsimony is the : - Answers - Best solution is likely the simplest
solution
1.3. Which of the following was a common early criticism of Darwin's theory of natural
selection ? - Answers - It could not explain the genetic mechanism of heredity
1.4. At least five different species of closely related warblers (birds) are known to
coexist on spruce trees, in feeding guilds, because they - Answers - forage in different
places on the tree
1.5. An assemblage of different species in the same environment is a - Answers -
community
1.6. The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by - Answers - Darwin
and Wallace
1.7. An organism with two different alleles for a given gene is - Answers - Heterozygous
1.8. Who first clearly defined the term "ecology" ? - Answers - Haekel
1.9. Species that are recognized as always looking identical - Answers - Sibling
1.10. Species that are distinguished by the criteria of reproductive isolation - Answers -
biological
1.11. Species that are distinguished by unique combinations of alleles - Answers -
genetic
1.12. Species that are live separately in different geographic locations - Answers -
allopatric
1.13. Species that are recognized as always looking different - Answers - typological
1.14. if a species derives benefit from its host while neither harming nor benefiting its
host, the relationship is - Answers - commensalism
, 1.15. According to the binomial system of nomenclature, the word Homo, in Homo
sapiens is the - Answers - genus
1.16. In which of the following reproductive modes are sperm required ? - Answers -
sexual
1.17. Which of the following describes a species that totally avoids sexual reproduction
and produces only clones of offspring ? - Answers - Modular
1.18. Each of 64 individuals in a randomly collected sample of n = 100 are either QQ or
Qq. the remaining 36 individuals are qq. Under Hardy-Weinberg assumptions, what is
the frequency of the Q allele ? - Answers - .4
1.19. From these data presented in question #18, how many individuals are expected to
be heterozygous ? - Answers - 48
1.20. The solid crust of the earth is now estimated to be about - Answers - 4.5 billion
years old
1.21. For which of the following is our species name written correctly ? - Answers -
(I)Homo sapiens
1.22. through time, the lineage that led to modern whales shows a change from four-
limbed land animals to aquatic animals with two limbs what function as flippers. This
change is best explained by - Answers - Natural selection
1.23. which of these is an organ system ? - Answers - Skeletal
1.24. What are the two main types of cells - Answers - prokaryotes and eukaryotes
1.25. Why is it important that an experiment include a control group? - Answers -
Without a control group, there is no basis for knowing if a particular result is due to the
variable being tested
1.26. An organ, such as the kidneys, is composed of _____ - Answers - Tissues
1.27. Which of these is common to all known forms of life ? - Answers - the encoding of
heritable genetic information in DNA
1.28. T or F: Bacteria possess mitochondria - Answers - false
1.29. How does an idea achieve the status of a scientific theory ? - Answers - It
generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad
in scope.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1.1.Knowledge of ONLY the value for ______ would be sufficient for the calculation of
Hardy-Weinberg expectations - Answers - p
1.2. The principle of parsimony is the : - Answers - Best solution is likely the simplest
solution
1.3. Which of the following was a common early criticism of Darwin's theory of natural
selection ? - Answers - It could not explain the genetic mechanism of heredity
1.4. At least five different species of closely related warblers (birds) are known to
coexist on spruce trees, in feeding guilds, because they - Answers - forage in different
places on the tree
1.5. An assemblage of different species in the same environment is a - Answers -
community
1.6. The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by - Answers - Darwin
and Wallace
1.7. An organism with two different alleles for a given gene is - Answers - Heterozygous
1.8. Who first clearly defined the term "ecology" ? - Answers - Haekel
1.9. Species that are recognized as always looking identical - Answers - Sibling
1.10. Species that are distinguished by the criteria of reproductive isolation - Answers -
biological
1.11. Species that are distinguished by unique combinations of alleles - Answers -
genetic
1.12. Species that are live separately in different geographic locations - Answers -
allopatric
1.13. Species that are recognized as always looking different - Answers - typological
1.14. if a species derives benefit from its host while neither harming nor benefiting its
host, the relationship is - Answers - commensalism
, 1.15. According to the binomial system of nomenclature, the word Homo, in Homo
sapiens is the - Answers - genus
1.16. In which of the following reproductive modes are sperm required ? - Answers -
sexual
1.17. Which of the following describes a species that totally avoids sexual reproduction
and produces only clones of offspring ? - Answers - Modular
1.18. Each of 64 individuals in a randomly collected sample of n = 100 are either QQ or
Qq. the remaining 36 individuals are qq. Under Hardy-Weinberg assumptions, what is
the frequency of the Q allele ? - Answers - .4
1.19. From these data presented in question #18, how many individuals are expected to
be heterozygous ? - Answers - 48
1.20. The solid crust of the earth is now estimated to be about - Answers - 4.5 billion
years old
1.21. For which of the following is our species name written correctly ? - Answers -
(I)Homo sapiens
1.22. through time, the lineage that led to modern whales shows a change from four-
limbed land animals to aquatic animals with two limbs what function as flippers. This
change is best explained by - Answers - Natural selection
1.23. which of these is an organ system ? - Answers - Skeletal
1.24. What are the two main types of cells - Answers - prokaryotes and eukaryotes
1.25. Why is it important that an experiment include a control group? - Answers -
Without a control group, there is no basis for knowing if a particular result is due to the
variable being tested
1.26. An organ, such as the kidneys, is composed of _____ - Answers - Tissues
1.27. Which of these is common to all known forms of life ? - Answers - the encoding of
heritable genetic information in DNA
1.28. T or F: Bacteria possess mitochondria - Answers - false
1.29. How does an idea achieve the status of a scientific theory ? - Answers - It
generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad
in scope.
