EEOB 3310.02 Exam 1 exam with correct solutions,2025.
1. According to Charles Lyell, what was the approximate age of the Earth?
A. Approximately 6000 years, which was calculated by adding up the genera-
tion in the Old Testament of the Bible.
B. Hundreds of thousands of years, or much older than implied by the timeline
presented in Genesis.
C. At least 4.5 billion years old, give or take the error margin on radiometric
dating.
D. No older than 10,000 years, based on his estimates from pollen core
samples of Scottish peat bogs.: B.
2. Prior to Darwin's work, species were believed to be:
A. both "unchanging entities with an inner form (eidos)" and "specially
created by god in a perfect form"
B. evolving via a process explained by LaMarck
C. evolving via some unknown process
D. unchanging entities with an inner form (eidos): A.
3. Darwin realized that the often exquisite fit of species to their environment
is primarily the result of
, A. paradigm shifts.
B. natural selection.
C. supernatural events.
D. empirical research.: B.
4. During the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin visited both the Cape de Verde
islands and the Galapagos islands. Why were these visits so important to the
development of his theory of evolution? Select THE BEST answer
A. The islands had nearly identical habitat and climate, but the species on
each island resembled those on the nearby continents, rather than each other.
This provided evidence against special creation
B. Darwin was struck by the diversity of finches on the Cape de Verde islands,
which demonstrated that adaptation to local habitats could occur
C. The marine iguanas of the Galapagos islands demonstrated that species
could acquire novel traits
D. The islands were formed via marine subduction, which proved Lyell's
theory of unitformitarianism and suggested that the earth was older than 6000
years
E. All of the above are true: A.
5. Based on our current understanding of natural populations, what is the best
way to describe intraspecific (within species) genetic variation?
1. According to Charles Lyell, what was the approximate age of the Earth?
A. Approximately 6000 years, which was calculated by adding up the genera-
tion in the Old Testament of the Bible.
B. Hundreds of thousands of years, or much older than implied by the timeline
presented in Genesis.
C. At least 4.5 billion years old, give or take the error margin on radiometric
dating.
D. No older than 10,000 years, based on his estimates from pollen core
samples of Scottish peat bogs.: B.
2. Prior to Darwin's work, species were believed to be:
A. both "unchanging entities with an inner form (eidos)" and "specially
created by god in a perfect form"
B. evolving via a process explained by LaMarck
C. evolving via some unknown process
D. unchanging entities with an inner form (eidos): A.
3. Darwin realized that the often exquisite fit of species to their environment
is primarily the result of
, A. paradigm shifts.
B. natural selection.
C. supernatural events.
D. empirical research.: B.
4. During the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin visited both the Cape de Verde
islands and the Galapagos islands. Why were these visits so important to the
development of his theory of evolution? Select THE BEST answer
A. The islands had nearly identical habitat and climate, but the species on
each island resembled those on the nearby continents, rather than each other.
This provided evidence against special creation
B. Darwin was struck by the diversity of finches on the Cape de Verde islands,
which demonstrated that adaptation to local habitats could occur
C. The marine iguanas of the Galapagos islands demonstrated that species
could acquire novel traits
D. The islands were formed via marine subduction, which proved Lyell's
theory of unitformitarianism and suggested that the earth was older than 6000
years
E. All of the above are true: A.
5. Based on our current understanding of natural populations, what is the best
way to describe intraspecific (within species) genetic variation?
