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FGCU BIOLOGY 2- FINAL EXAM
(ERDMAN) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
Aristole
✓ -:- Scala Naturae- linear system
Judeo- Christian perspective
✓ -:- The Creator: God made everything
Linnaeus
✓ -:- Binomial nomenclature and nested classification system
Cuvier
✓ -:- fossils in strata- catastrophism
Hutton and Lyell
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✓ -:- gradualism and uniformitarianism- change via cumulative effect of
slow but continuous processes
Malthus
✓ -:- over production of offspring and the struggle to survive
Lamarck
✓ -:- first hypothesis on evolution: use and disuse, and inheritance of
acquired characteristics
decent with modification
✓ -:- passing traits from parent to offspring
natural selection
✓ -:- the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment
tend to survive and produce more offspring (acts on individuals but
populations evolve)
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homology
✓ -:- same or similar relation
biogeography
✓ -:- the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of
plants and animals
convergent evolution
✓ -:- unrelated or distantly related organisms evolve similar body forms,
coloration, organs, and adaptations
fossils
✓ -:- the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in
petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
population
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✓ -:- group of the same species in given place and time that can
interbreed and produce fertile offspring, smallest unit of evolution
gene pool
✓ -:- consists of all alleles for all loci (specific location of gene on
chromosome) in a population
allele frequency
✓ -:- measure of relative frequency of an allele on a genetic locus in a
population (usually expressed as percentage)
Hardy-Weinberg Eqilibrium
✓ -:- 1. no mutation
2. natural selection not occurring
3. population is large
4. random mating
5. no gene flow
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FGCU BIOLOGY 2- FINAL EXAM
(ERDMAN) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
Aristole
✓ -:- Scala Naturae- linear system
Judeo- Christian perspective
✓ -:- The Creator: God made everything
Linnaeus
✓ -:- Binomial nomenclature and nested classification system
Cuvier
✓ -:- fossils in strata- catastrophism
Hutton and Lyell
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✓ -:- gradualism and uniformitarianism- change via cumulative effect of
slow but continuous processes
Malthus
✓ -:- over production of offspring and the struggle to survive
Lamarck
✓ -:- first hypothesis on evolution: use and disuse, and inheritance of
acquired characteristics
decent with modification
✓ -:- passing traits from parent to offspring
natural selection
✓ -:- the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment
tend to survive and produce more offspring (acts on individuals but
populations evolve)
2|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
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homology
✓ -:- same or similar relation
biogeography
✓ -:- the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of
plants and animals
convergent evolution
✓ -:- unrelated or distantly related organisms evolve similar body forms,
coloration, organs, and adaptations
fossils
✓ -:- the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in
petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
population
3|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
, 2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
✓ -:- group of the same species in given place and time that can
interbreed and produce fertile offspring, smallest unit of evolution
gene pool
✓ -:- consists of all alleles for all loci (specific location of gene on
chromosome) in a population
allele frequency
✓ -:- measure of relative frequency of an allele on a genetic locus in a
population (usually expressed as percentage)
Hardy-Weinberg Eqilibrium
✓ -:- 1. no mutation
2. natural selection not occurring
3. population is large
4. random mating
5. no gene flow
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