BIO 182 ASU Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Graded A+
Key Point 1 - Answers 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. - Answers True!
Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid change and global climate, habitat
destruction, Deforestation
What are the Three World Views? - Answers 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process2.
Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by God3. Creation - Species created by God
True or False #3: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the theory.
- Answers False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and Genetic Drift
Key Point 2 - Answers Biologists accept evolutionary theory because its predictions match observations.
True or False #4: Extreme temperatures of 2015 are sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is
warming. - Answers False! Not enough data to show a trend
Key Point 3 - Answers When something varies over space and time, one must compare sufficient
samples to quantify effects accurately.
What does Replicating Observations do? - Answers Increases reliability of pattern.
What does Controling Conditions do? - Answers Isolates effects of certain factors.
What does randomizing subjects do? - Answers Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled factors.
What is Creationism and Catastrophism? - Answers All species created in six days, Earth is 6,000 years
old, species fixed, extinctions from catastrophe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontologist who championed this
science/theory/belief Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).
True or False #5: Darwin's worldview when leaving England would best be described as Creationism. -
Answers True! Based on the fact that Creationism was the dominant world view at his place and time
and that he was studying for religious life.
What did Charles Lyell contribute to science in the context of Darwinian Evolution? - Answers Charles
Lyell 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? - Answers They all believed
in natural selection and came up with theories about it.
, Key Point 4 - Answers 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. - Answers False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
What book did Darwin write? - Answers On the Origin of Species
What are phenotypes? - Answers physical traits
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals reproduce more than others. -
Answers False! Not the only element that you need. The offspring has to be similar to parents
(heritable).
What are the necessary conditions of Natural Selection? - Answers 1. Heritable Variation
2. Differences in Reproduction
Key Point 5 - Answers Natural Selection occurs whenever heritable phenotypes cause some individuals
to reproduce more than others.
True or False #8: Organisms evolve by natural selection. - Answers False! Not organism but the
population.
True or False: Unlike Wallace, Darwin did not believe that natural selection required variation among
individuals. - Answers False
True or False: Wallace used induction to develop a model of evolution by natural selection. - Answers
True
True or False: Unlike Wallace, Darwin's conceived his theory of evolution without observing species
living on islands. - Answers False
True or False: Both Darwin and Wallace must have assumed that differences among individuals were
passed onto their offspring. - Answers True
True or False: Similar to Wallace, Darwin conceived a theory of evolution by natural selection while
voyaging around the world. - Answers False
True or False: Both Wallace and Darwin adopted a worldview described as either naturalistic evolution
or theistic evolution. - Answers True
True or False #8: Artificial selection requires heritable variation in a trait. - Answers True!
What did Darwin breed to display artificial selection? - Answers Pigeons.
Key Point 6 - Answers Artificial Selection confirms the potential for populations to evolve through
natural selection.
Key Point 1 - Answers 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. - Answers True!
Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid change and global climate, habitat
destruction, Deforestation
What are the Three World Views? - Answers 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process2.
Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by God3. Creation - Species created by God
True or False #3: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the theory.
- Answers False! Based on know mechanisms: Natural Selection, Mutation, and Genetic Drift
Key Point 2 - Answers Biologists accept evolutionary theory because its predictions match observations.
True or False #4: Extreme temperatures of 2015 are sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is
warming. - Answers False! Not enough data to show a trend
Key Point 3 - Answers When something varies over space and time, one must compare sufficient
samples to quantify effects accurately.
What does Replicating Observations do? - Answers Increases reliability of pattern.
What does Controling Conditions do? - Answers Isolates effects of certain factors.
What does randomizing subjects do? - Answers Decreases risk of bias from uncontrolled factors.
What is Creationism and Catastrophism? - Answers All species created in six days, Earth is 6,000 years
old, species fixed, extinctions from catastrophe. Leading Biologist/ Paleontologist who championed this
science/theory/belief Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).
True or False #5: Darwin's worldview when leaving England would best be described as Creationism. -
Answers True! Based on the fact that Creationism was the dominant world view at his place and time
and that he was studying for religious life.
What did Charles Lyell contribute to science in the context of Darwinian Evolution? - Answers Charles
Lyell 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? - Answers They all believed
in natural selection and came up with theories about it.
, Key Point 4 - Answers 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. - Answers False. Theistic Evolution could have been his world view.
What book did Darwin write? - Answers On the Origin of Species
What are phenotypes? - Answers physical traits
True or False #7: Natural Selection occurs whenever some individuals reproduce more than others. -
Answers False! Not the only element that you need. The offspring has to be similar to parents
(heritable).
What are the necessary conditions of Natural Selection? - Answers 1. Heritable Variation
2. Differences in Reproduction
Key Point 5 - Answers Natural Selection occurs whenever heritable phenotypes cause some individuals
to reproduce more than others.
True or False #8: Organisms evolve by natural selection. - Answers False! Not organism but the
population.
True or False: Unlike Wallace, Darwin did not believe that natural selection required variation among
individuals. - Answers False
True or False: Wallace used induction to develop a model of evolution by natural selection. - Answers
True
True or False: Unlike Wallace, Darwin's conceived his theory of evolution without observing species
living on islands. - Answers False
True or False: Both Darwin and Wallace must have assumed that differences among individuals were
passed onto their offspring. - Answers True
True or False: Similar to Wallace, Darwin conceived a theory of evolution by natural selection while
voyaging around the world. - Answers False
True or False: Both Wallace and Darwin adopted a worldview described as either naturalistic evolution
or theistic evolution. - Answers True
True or False #8: Artificial selection requires heritable variation in a trait. - Answers True!
What did Darwin breed to display artificial selection? - Answers Pigeons.
Key Point 6 - Answers Artificial Selection confirms the potential for populations to evolve through
natural selection.
