BIO 182 Exam 1 ASU
Questions And Answers
Graded A
Key point #1
Even the most desperate organisms share some features, suggesting that
the single, nine random process generated diversity.
True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future.
True! Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid
change and global climate, habitat destruction, Deforestation
What are three Worlds Views?
1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process
2. Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by God
3. Creation - Species created by God
True or False #2: Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier
species of animals.
USA responded with 40 % true
True or False #3: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently
lack evidence for the theory.
False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and
Genetic Drift
Key Point #2
Biologists accept evolutionary theory because its predictions match
observations.
,Single Temperature
Datum
Normal Temperature
Mean (Average)
Temperature Anomaly
Deviation
Mean Anomaly
Standard Deviation
Key Point #3
When something varies over space and time, one must compare sufficient
samples to quantify effects accurately.
True or False #4: When calculating a normal temperature, one should
include as many years as possible.
False! Climatologists tend to use a thirty year period.
What does Replicating Observations do?
Increases reliability of patterns
What does Control Conditions do?
Isolates effects of certain factors
What does Random Subjects do?
Decreases bias from uncontrolled factors
What is Creationism and Catastrophism?
All species created in six days, Earth is 6,000 years old, species fixed,
extinctions from catastrophe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontologist who
, True! He was originally trying to become a doctor then clergyman then he
finally became a Naturalist and joined Captain Fitzroy on the H. M. S.
Beagle.
What did Charles Lyell contribute to science in the context of Darwinian
Evolution?
Charles Lyell (1797-1875) believed in the old earth ideologies and slow and
gradual change. (Old Earth theory - billions and billions of years old)
What do Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and Alfred Wallace have in
common?
Wallace came to same "Natural Selection" idea at similar time as Darwin
did. Lyell read from Wallace's Report and Darwin's report
Key Point # 4
Darwin abandoned a theory of Creationism for a theory of evolution that
better explained his observations about life.
True or False #6: Darwin could not have proposed natural selection without
abandoning the idea of creation.
False!
What book did Darwin write?
The Origin of Species
Phenotypes
The trait that we see (look for def in book)
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals
reproduce more than others.
False! Not the only element that you need. The offspring has to be similar
to parents (heritable).
Questions And Answers
Graded A
Key point #1
Even the most desperate organisms share some features, suggesting that
the single, nine random process generated diversity.
True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near
future.
True! Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid
change and global climate, habitat destruction, Deforestation
What are three Worlds Views?
1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process
2. Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by God
3. Creation - Species created by God
True or False #2: Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier
species of animals.
USA responded with 40 % true
True or False #3: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently
lack evidence for the theory.
False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and
Genetic Drift
Key Point #2
Biologists accept evolutionary theory because its predictions match
observations.
,Single Temperature
Datum
Normal Temperature
Mean (Average)
Temperature Anomaly
Deviation
Mean Anomaly
Standard Deviation
Key Point #3
When something varies over space and time, one must compare sufficient
samples to quantify effects accurately.
True or False #4: When calculating a normal temperature, one should
include as many years as possible.
False! Climatologists tend to use a thirty year period.
What does Replicating Observations do?
Increases reliability of patterns
What does Control Conditions do?
Isolates effects of certain factors
What does Random Subjects do?
Decreases bias from uncontrolled factors
What is Creationism and Catastrophism?
All species created in six days, Earth is 6,000 years old, species fixed,
extinctions from catastrophe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontologist who
, True! He was originally trying to become a doctor then clergyman then he
finally became a Naturalist and joined Captain Fitzroy on the H. M. S.
Beagle.
What did Charles Lyell contribute to science in the context of Darwinian
Evolution?
Charles Lyell (1797-1875) believed in the old earth ideologies and slow and
gradual change. (Old Earth theory - billions and billions of years old)
What do Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and Alfred Wallace have in
common?
Wallace came to same "Natural Selection" idea at similar time as Darwin
did. Lyell read from Wallace's Report and Darwin's report
Key Point # 4
Darwin abandoned a theory of Creationism for a theory of evolution that
better explained his observations about life.
True or False #6: Darwin could not have proposed natural selection without
abandoning the idea of creation.
False!
What book did Darwin write?
The Origin of Species
Phenotypes
The trait that we see (look for def in book)
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals
reproduce more than others.
False! Not the only element that you need. The offspring has to be similar
to parents (heritable).
