UCLA Anthro 1 Midterm Exam with Guaranteed Accurate Answers

Natural Selection - correct answer Evolution by variation and selective retention Morphology - correct answer an organism's size, shape, and composition Stabilizing Selection - correct answer Selection required to change a population and then keep it the same for future generations species - correct answer dynamic population of individuals individual selection - correct answer adaptation results from the competition among individuals continuous - correct answer grade slowly from one extreme to another discontinuous - correct answer several distinct types exist with no intermediates convergence - correct answer evolution of similar adaptations in unrelated species blending inheritence - correct answer mother and father contribute a hereditary substance that mixes Copernicus - correct answer () Believed sun is center of the universe Galileo - correct answer () Use of quantitative experiments and precise measurement Newton - correct answer () Earth and other celestial beings governed by same laws of nature - physics