Biology 400 UVic Midterm 1
there term biology was invented by who? - Answers-Lamarck 1802
Before the mid-19th century, two disciplines studied living things: - Answers-medicine and natural
history
subdivisions of history: - Answers-geographic, political, military, economic biography, art, literature,
music, social, etc etc
Intellectual history (including the history of science) can be understood on the basis of two kinds of
factors: - Answers-internal andexernal approaches
both are important for understandings
Why study history? - Answers-1. intellectual curiosity,
2. expand one's imagination,
3. to use the past as a guide to our actions in the future,
4. to connect with the past on an emotional or spiritual level,
5. guilty pleasure
The "whig" interpretation of history - Answers-Hurbert Butterfield, 19th century, tended to regard
history in regards to leading up to the present, but historians said maybe we should see the past in its
own terms and to not compare everyone and everything else to 'us' the present, trying to understand
the past in its own terms
, What are some of the recurring questions in biology? - Answers--what living things are there in the
world, and how do they interact?
-where do organisms come from?
-how do organisms work?
-why do offspring resemble their parents? why are offspring different from their parents?
Who came first: Aristotle or Thales? - Answers-Thales
When Aristotle was young, how old was Democritus and Hippocrates? - Answers-Democritus and
Hippocrates were old men when Aristotle was young
_________ was a younger contemporary of Plato - Answers-Aristotle
comment on the knowledge that hunter gatherer people had of biology - Answers-would need to know
the habits of the animals (i.e. seasonal migration, behaviour etc), internal anatomy, how to kill them.
would also need knowledge of plants and how to use them: food, medic, weapons, tools and
construction material
artificial selection in agriculture - Answers-deliberate, selective breeding for altered characteristics
treats that were selected during plant domestication: - Answers-bigger seeds, plants that hold onto
seeds longer, high yield, don't need a cold period for germination, self pollinate, not poisonous
domestication of animals involved more or less knowledge? (compared to hunting) - Answers-needed
more knowledge. knowledge of nutrition, breeding, behaviour, diseases
what are the subdivisions of medicine in early civilisation? - Answers-pharmacology,
surgery,
there term biology was invented by who? - Answers-Lamarck 1802
Before the mid-19th century, two disciplines studied living things: - Answers-medicine and natural
history
subdivisions of history: - Answers-geographic, political, military, economic biography, art, literature,
music, social, etc etc
Intellectual history (including the history of science) can be understood on the basis of two kinds of
factors: - Answers-internal andexernal approaches
both are important for understandings
Why study history? - Answers-1. intellectual curiosity,
2. expand one's imagination,
3. to use the past as a guide to our actions in the future,
4. to connect with the past on an emotional or spiritual level,
5. guilty pleasure
The "whig" interpretation of history - Answers-Hurbert Butterfield, 19th century, tended to regard
history in regards to leading up to the present, but historians said maybe we should see the past in its
own terms and to not compare everyone and everything else to 'us' the present, trying to understand
the past in its own terms
, What are some of the recurring questions in biology? - Answers--what living things are there in the
world, and how do they interact?
-where do organisms come from?
-how do organisms work?
-why do offspring resemble their parents? why are offspring different from their parents?
Who came first: Aristotle or Thales? - Answers-Thales
When Aristotle was young, how old was Democritus and Hippocrates? - Answers-Democritus and
Hippocrates were old men when Aristotle was young
_________ was a younger contemporary of Plato - Answers-Aristotle
comment on the knowledge that hunter gatherer people had of biology - Answers-would need to know
the habits of the animals (i.e. seasonal migration, behaviour etc), internal anatomy, how to kill them.
would also need knowledge of plants and how to use them: food, medic, weapons, tools and
construction material
artificial selection in agriculture - Answers-deliberate, selective breeding for altered characteristics
treats that were selected during plant domestication: - Answers-bigger seeds, plants that hold onto
seeds longer, high yield, don't need a cold period for germination, self pollinate, not poisonous
domestication of animals involved more or less knowledge? (compared to hunting) - Answers-needed
more knowledge. knowledge of nutrition, breeding, behaviour, diseases
what are the subdivisions of medicine in early civilisation? - Answers-pharmacology,
surgery,
