1 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
BIOL 1441 Final Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Who is the author of "Philosophie Zoologique"?
Ans: Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
What is the German word for time spirit?
Ans: zeitgeist
What is the founder effect????
Ans: when a few individuals colonize or invade a separate distinct area/habitat
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Exampromax - Stuvia US
What is the bottleneck effect?
Ans: an effect that occurs when a natural disaster results in a few individuals
remaining in a population with different allelic frequencies by chance
Who failed at becoming a doctor and a minister, but went on to
revolutionize the study of the natural world?
Ans: Charles Darwin
Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?
Ans: a naturalist that spent time in the Malay Archipelago and was strongly
influenced by the local natural history
Who was Thomas Malthus?
Ans: the author of "An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the
Future Improvement of Society" (1789)
Who was Louis Agassiz????
Ans: a Harvard comparative morphologist that felt museums should showcase
manifestations of the Creator
Who was the Frenchmen responsible for the belief that organisms could
inherit acquired characteristics?
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
Ans: Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Who was Sir Charles Lyell?
Ans: the author of "Principles of Geology", a book that would have an important
influence on Darwin
What is gene flow?
Ans: the exchange of genes between populations (demes) due to
immigration/emigration of reproducing individuals
What is fitness?
Ans: the measured ability to get one's genes into the next generation (in relation
to other genotypes)
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Exampromax - Stuvia US
What is an adaptation?
Ans: any morphological, physiological, developmental, or behavioral character
that enhances survival and reproductive success of an organism
What is macroevolution?
Ans: the broad pattern of evolutionary change over time above the species level
What is evolution?
Ans: the process of change over time that has transformed life on earth
What is life history?
Ans: how organisms use energy for survival and reproduction
What is extinction?
Ans: the natural process whereby species no longer exist
What are the three types of extinction?
Ans: background, mass, anthropogenic
What is background extinction?
BIOL 1441 Final Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Who is the author of "Philosophie Zoologique"?
Ans: Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
What is the German word for time spirit?
Ans: zeitgeist
What is the founder effect????
Ans: when a few individuals colonize or invade a separate distinct area/habitat
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Exampromax - Stuvia US
What is the bottleneck effect?
Ans: an effect that occurs when a natural disaster results in a few individuals
remaining in a population with different allelic frequencies by chance
Who failed at becoming a doctor and a minister, but went on to
revolutionize the study of the natural world?
Ans: Charles Darwin
Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?
Ans: a naturalist that spent time in the Malay Archipelago and was strongly
influenced by the local natural history
Who was Thomas Malthus?
Ans: the author of "An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the
Future Improvement of Society" (1789)
Who was Louis Agassiz????
Ans: a Harvard comparative morphologist that felt museums should showcase
manifestations of the Creator
Who was the Frenchmen responsible for the belief that organisms could
inherit acquired characteristics?
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
Ans: Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Who was Sir Charles Lyell?
Ans: the author of "Principles of Geology", a book that would have an important
influence on Darwin
What is gene flow?
Ans: the exchange of genes between populations (demes) due to
immigration/emigration of reproducing individuals
What is fitness?
Ans: the measured ability to get one's genes into the next generation (in relation
to other genotypes)
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Exampromax - Stuvia US
What is an adaptation?
Ans: any morphological, physiological, developmental, or behavioral character
that enhances survival and reproductive success of an organism
What is macroevolution?
Ans: the broad pattern of evolutionary change over time above the species level
What is evolution?
Ans: the process of change over time that has transformed life on earth
What is life history?
Ans: how organisms use energy for survival and reproduction
What is extinction?
Ans: the natural process whereby species no longer exist
What are the three types of extinction?
Ans: background, mass, anthropogenic
What is background extinction?
