ISB 202: EVOLUTION, ECOSYSTEMS, AND HUMAN
IMPACT – FINAL EXAM
Science - answers✔✔A process for producing knowledge methodically and logically
Hypothesis - answers✔✔A provisional explanation that can be tested scientifically
Natural Experiment - answers✔✔A study of events that have already happened
Manipulative Experiment - answers✔✔An experiment in which some conditions are
deliberately altered while others are held constant to study cause-and-effect relationships
Dependent Variable (Response Variable) - answers✔✔A variable that is affected by the
condition being altered in a manipulative experiment
Independent Variable - answers✔✔A factor not affected by the condition being altered in a
manipulative experiment
Models - answers✔✔Simple representations of more complex systems
Adaptation - answers✔✔The acquisition of traits that allow a species to survive and thrive in its
environment
Biological Species Concept - answers✔✔defines a species as members of populations that
actually or potentially interbreed in nature, not according to similarity of appearance
IMPACT – FINAL EXAM
Science - answers✔✔A process for producing knowledge methodically and logically
Hypothesis - answers✔✔A provisional explanation that can be tested scientifically
Natural Experiment - answers✔✔A study of events that have already happened
Manipulative Experiment - answers✔✔An experiment in which some conditions are
deliberately altered while others are held constant to study cause-and-effect relationships
Dependent Variable (Response Variable) - answers✔✔A variable that is affected by the
condition being altered in a manipulative experiment
Independent Variable - answers✔✔A factor not affected by the condition being altered in a
manipulative experiment
Models - answers✔✔Simple representations of more complex systems
Adaptation - answers✔✔The acquisition of traits that allow a species to survive and thrive in its
environment
Biological Species Concept - answers✔✔defines a species as members of populations that
actually or potentially interbreed in nature, not according to similarity of appearance
