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Kennesaw State University • BIOL 1108
Q1: Science
A: a way of knowing that deals with what is directly observable and leaves the rest to other
ways of thinking
Q2: Inquiry
A: a search for information
Q3: Discovery science
A: describes natural structures to formulate hypothesis
Q4: Hypothesis based structure
A: specific questions, makes predictions that can be tested, falsifiable
Q5: Scientific theory
A: broad in scope, generates new hypotheses, supported by experimental evidence
Q6: Evolution
A: change over time in the genetic composition of a population descent with modification
Q7: Adaptation
A: a genetically inherited characteristic that enhances an organisms ability to survive and
reproduce
Q8: Biological fitness
A: the contribution an organism makes to the gene pool of the next generation, relative to
the contribution of others
Q9: Artificial selection
A: the intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits
ex. Brassica oleracea, a wild mustard
, Q10: Darwin's 4 Observations
A: 1. Members of a population often vary greatly in their traits
2. Many of these traits are inherited from parents to offspring
3. Species are capable of producing more offspring than their environment can support
4. Lack of these resources will prevent many of these offspring from surviving
Q11: Darwin's 2 Inferences
A: 1. Individuals whose inherited traits give them a higher probability of surviving and
reproducing in a given environment tend to leave more offspring than other individuals
2. This unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce will lead to the
accumulation of favorable traits in the population over generations
Q12: Population
A: a localized group of individuals that are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile
offspring
Q13: Alleles
A: different copies of the same gene
Q14: Gene pool
A: the total aggregate of all copies of all alleles in a population at the same time
Q15: Mutations
A: changes in DNA sequence, may be neutral, or may change the phenotype (for better or
worse), rare on the whole, but generally occur in low levels in every individual in every
generation (1 in every 30 mill base pairs on human Y chromosome per generation)
source of how new variation in population
Q16: Hardy Weinburg equation
A: p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p+q=1
p frequency of allele A
qfrequency of allele a
p^2 frequency of AA genotype (homozygous dominant)
2pq frequency of Aa genotype (heterozygous)
q^2 frequency of aa genotype (homozygous recessive)
Verified Answers
Kennesaw State University • BIOL 1108
Q1: Science
A: a way of knowing that deals with what is directly observable and leaves the rest to other
ways of thinking
Q2: Inquiry
A: a search for information
Q3: Discovery science
A: describes natural structures to formulate hypothesis
Q4: Hypothesis based structure
A: specific questions, makes predictions that can be tested, falsifiable
Q5: Scientific theory
A: broad in scope, generates new hypotheses, supported by experimental evidence
Q6: Evolution
A: change over time in the genetic composition of a population descent with modification
Q7: Adaptation
A: a genetically inherited characteristic that enhances an organisms ability to survive and
reproduce
Q8: Biological fitness
A: the contribution an organism makes to the gene pool of the next generation, relative to
the contribution of others
Q9: Artificial selection
A: the intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits
ex. Brassica oleracea, a wild mustard
, Q10: Darwin's 4 Observations
A: 1. Members of a population often vary greatly in their traits
2. Many of these traits are inherited from parents to offspring
3. Species are capable of producing more offspring than their environment can support
4. Lack of these resources will prevent many of these offspring from surviving
Q11: Darwin's 2 Inferences
A: 1. Individuals whose inherited traits give them a higher probability of surviving and
reproducing in a given environment tend to leave more offspring than other individuals
2. This unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce will lead to the
accumulation of favorable traits in the population over generations
Q12: Population
A: a localized group of individuals that are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile
offspring
Q13: Alleles
A: different copies of the same gene
Q14: Gene pool
A: the total aggregate of all copies of all alleles in a population at the same time
Q15: Mutations
A: changes in DNA sequence, may be neutral, or may change the phenotype (for better or
worse), rare on the whole, but generally occur in low levels in every individual in every
generation (1 in every 30 mill base pairs on human Y chromosome per generation)
source of how new variation in population
Q16: Hardy Weinburg equation
A: p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p+q=1
p frequency of allele A
qfrequency of allele a
p^2 frequency of AA genotype (homozygous dominant)
2pq frequency of Aa genotype (heterozygous)
q^2 frequency of aa genotype (homozygous recessive)
