BIOLOGY 102 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Hierarchy of Organization - Correct Answers -1. Organism
2. Population
3. Community
4. Ecosystems
5. Biosphere
Group of species; All organisms of the same species in one area - Correct Answers -
Population
There are a range of ages in the population;There are lists of characteristics that apply
to populations but do not apply to an ________. - Correct Answers -individual
Different populations - Correct Answers -Community
Descent with modification occurring over generatons - Correct Answers -evolution
An _______ doesn't evolve, but ______ do. - Correct Answers -Individual; populations
Theory of Evolution - Correct Answers -is not a theory whether evolution occurred it
addresses how and why evolution occurs.
The Theory of Evolution is _______ _______. - Correct Answers -Natural Selection
Explain Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics - Correct Answers -What one does to
change oneself in their lifetime can be passed on to their descendants.
Wrote a popular book on Evolution and was associated with Natural Selection - Correct
Answers -Darwin
Went around the world to shoot and capture animals and birds to ship to Europe to
study. Joined Darwin to publish his book. - Correct Answers -Wallace
In every population there is ______ variation. - Correct Answers -genetic
The capacity for ______ exceeds the capacity of the environment. - Correct Answers –
reproduction
, A ___ consists of an ancestral species and all its descendants- a distinctive branch in
the tree of life - Correct Answers -clade
branching points on cladogram are called - Correct Answers -nodes
___- cannot figure out how they are related - Correct Answers -unresolved nodes
___- goal is to make all the descendants of a common ancestor (one group contains all
descendants of a common ancestor) - Correct Answers -monophyletic
___ focuses on the evolutionary innovations that define the branch points in evolution -
Correct Answers -cladistics
done deliberately by humans and selection which would survive and reproduce.
Humans choose which organisms will survive and reproduce. Ex. Animal and plant
breeding. - Correct Answers -Artificial Selection
The environment determines what survives and reproduces. - Correct Answers -Natural
Selection
The result of Natural Selection is _____. - Correct Answers -Adaptation
Any remnant of past life of distant or very distant past. Can be bones, impressions,
teeth, insects, leaf impressions, petrified wood, footprints. - Correct Answers -Fossil
formed ultimately from living things in the past. Ex. Oil, coal - Correct Answers -fossil
fuels
the process by which a dead body or part becomes a fossil. - Correct Answers -
fossilization
_____body parts are more likely to fossilize than ______ parts/things. Although ____
parts can fossilize. - Correct Answers -Hard; softer; soft
For an organism to become a fossil is very _____. - Correct Answers -unusual
Fossils are less likely found: - Correct Answers -in mountain sides and rain forests
To determine the age of a fossil you can look at the level in which its buried in ______
___. - Correct Answers -sedimentary rock
fine particles on the bottom of the floor under water. - Correct Answers -sediment
Measures radioactive decay to indicate how old a fossil is. - Correct Answers -
radioisotopes
ANSWERS
Hierarchy of Organization - Correct Answers -1. Organism
2. Population
3. Community
4. Ecosystems
5. Biosphere
Group of species; All organisms of the same species in one area - Correct Answers -
Population
There are a range of ages in the population;There are lists of characteristics that apply
to populations but do not apply to an ________. - Correct Answers -individual
Different populations - Correct Answers -Community
Descent with modification occurring over generatons - Correct Answers -evolution
An _______ doesn't evolve, but ______ do. - Correct Answers -Individual; populations
Theory of Evolution - Correct Answers -is not a theory whether evolution occurred it
addresses how and why evolution occurs.
The Theory of Evolution is _______ _______. - Correct Answers -Natural Selection
Explain Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics - Correct Answers -What one does to
change oneself in their lifetime can be passed on to their descendants.
Wrote a popular book on Evolution and was associated with Natural Selection - Correct
Answers -Darwin
Went around the world to shoot and capture animals and birds to ship to Europe to
study. Joined Darwin to publish his book. - Correct Answers -Wallace
In every population there is ______ variation. - Correct Answers -genetic
The capacity for ______ exceeds the capacity of the environment. - Correct Answers –
reproduction
, A ___ consists of an ancestral species and all its descendants- a distinctive branch in
the tree of life - Correct Answers -clade
branching points on cladogram are called - Correct Answers -nodes
___- cannot figure out how they are related - Correct Answers -unresolved nodes
___- goal is to make all the descendants of a common ancestor (one group contains all
descendants of a common ancestor) - Correct Answers -monophyletic
___ focuses on the evolutionary innovations that define the branch points in evolution -
Correct Answers -cladistics
done deliberately by humans and selection which would survive and reproduce.
Humans choose which organisms will survive and reproduce. Ex. Animal and plant
breeding. - Correct Answers -Artificial Selection
The environment determines what survives and reproduces. - Correct Answers -Natural
Selection
The result of Natural Selection is _____. - Correct Answers -Adaptation
Any remnant of past life of distant or very distant past. Can be bones, impressions,
teeth, insects, leaf impressions, petrified wood, footprints. - Correct Answers -Fossil
formed ultimately from living things in the past. Ex. Oil, coal - Correct Answers -fossil
fuels
the process by which a dead body or part becomes a fossil. - Correct Answers -
fossilization
_____body parts are more likely to fossilize than ______ parts/things. Although ____
parts can fossilize. - Correct Answers -Hard; softer; soft
For an organism to become a fossil is very _____. - Correct Answers -unusual
Fossils are less likely found: - Correct Answers -in mountain sides and rain forests
To determine the age of a fossil you can look at the level in which its buried in ______
___. - Correct Answers -sedimentary rock
fine particles on the bottom of the floor under water. - Correct Answers -sediment
Measures radioactive decay to indicate how old a fossil is. - Correct Answers -
radioisotopes
