BIOL 1441 Final 2025/2026 Exam
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Who is the author of "Philosophie Zoologique"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jean-
Baptiste de Lamarck
What is the German word for time spirit? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔zeitgeist
What is the founder effect???? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when a few individuals
colonize or invade a separate distinct area/habitat
What is the bottleneck effect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Charles
Darwin
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,Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a naturalist that spent
time in the Malay Archipelago and was strongly influenced by the local
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natural history
Who was Thomas Malthus? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the author of "An Essay on
the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"
(1789)
Who was Louis Agassiz???? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jean-Baptiste de
Lamarck
Who was Sir Charles Lyell? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the author of "Principles of
Geology", a book that would have an important influence on Darwin
What is gene flow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the exchange of genes between
populations (demes) due to immigration/emigration of reproducing
individuals
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, What is fitness? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the measured ability to get one's genes
into the next generation (in relation to other genotypes)
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What is an adaptation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any morphological, physiological,
developmental, or behavioral character that enhances survival and
reproductive success of an organism
What is macroevolution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the broad pattern of evolutionary
change over time above the species level
What is evolution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the process of change over time that
has transformed life on earth
What is life history? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how organisms use energy for
survival and reproduction
What is extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the natural process whereby species
no longer exist
What are the three types of extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔background,
mass, anthropogenic
What is background extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slow, steady rate of
extinction; organism reaches its "shelf life/expiration date"
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Questions and Verified Answers |
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Already Graded A+
Who is the author of "Philosophie Zoologique"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jean-
Baptiste de Lamarck
What is the German word for time spirit? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔zeitgeist
What is the founder effect???? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when a few individuals
colonize or invade a separate distinct area/habitat
What is the bottleneck effect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Charles
Darwin
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a naturalist that spent
time in the Malay Archipelago and was strongly influenced by the local
2
natural history
Who was Thomas Malthus? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the author of "An Essay on
the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"
(1789)
Who was Louis Agassiz???? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jean-Baptiste de
Lamarck
Who was Sir Charles Lyell? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the author of "Principles of
Geology", a book that would have an important influence on Darwin
What is gene flow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the exchange of genes between
populations (demes) due to immigration/emigration of reproducing
individuals
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What is fitness? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the measured ability to get one's genes
into the next generation (in relation to other genotypes)
3
What is an adaptation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any morphological, physiological,
developmental, or behavioral character that enhances survival and
reproductive success of an organism
What is macroevolution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the broad pattern of evolutionary
change over time above the species level
What is evolution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the process of change over time that
has transformed life on earth
What is life history? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how organisms use energy for
survival and reproduction
What is extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the natural process whereby species
no longer exist
What are the three types of extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔background,
mass, anthropogenic
What is background extinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slow, steady rate of
extinction; organism reaches its "shelf life/expiration date"
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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