BIOL 108 Midterm 1 Exam Questions With
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hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A testable prediction, often implied
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by a theory
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theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A hypothesis that has been tested with
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a significant amount of data
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prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A logical statement about what will
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happen if the hypothesis is correct.
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falsifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-capable of being disproved
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dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the act of spreading something,
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especially information, widely; circulation
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homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-similar structures that
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related species have inherited from a common ancestor
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Analagous Structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-similar structure without
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having a common ancestor
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, convergent evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evolution toward similar
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characteristics in unrelated species | | |
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inherited characteristic that
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increases an organism's chance of survival
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natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process in which individuals
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that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at
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higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
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evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Change in a kind of organism over
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time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient
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|organisms.
Scala Naturae - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-life-forms could be arranged on
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a scale of increasing complexity
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binomial nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Classification system in
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which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name
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strata - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-layers of rock (singular, stratum)
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Correct Answers
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A testable prediction, often implied
| | | | | | | |
by a theory
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theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A hypothesis that has been tested with
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a significant amount of data
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prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A logical statement about what will
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happen if the hypothesis is correct.
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falsifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-capable of being disproved
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dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the act of spreading something,
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especially information, widely; circulation
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homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-similar structures that
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related species have inherited from a common ancestor
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Analagous Structures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-similar structure without
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having a common ancestor
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, convergent evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evolution toward similar
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characteristics in unrelated species | | |
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inherited characteristic that
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increases an organism's chance of survival
| | | | |
natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process in which individuals
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that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at
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higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
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evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Change in a kind of organism over
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time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient
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|organisms.
Scala Naturae - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-life-forms could be arranged on
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a scale of increasing complexity
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binomial nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Classification system in
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which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name
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strata - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-layers of rock (singular, stratum)
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