BIOLOGY 1010 FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How do hypotheses differ from theories? - ANS Theories are more comprehensive than
hypotheses.
According to lecture, can science and religion coexist? Can they answer all of the same
questions? - ANS Yes, No
The quote, "In science, theories do not turn into facts through the accumulation of evidence.
Rather, theories are the end points of science" is supported by which of the following ideas: -
ANS None of the above
Which of the following is true of Charles Darwin: - ANS When his daughter died, he blamed
himself, and became indifferent towards God
Which answer is best given the statement: Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", is well
known because he was the first person to suggest that one species can evolve into another
species - ANS The statement is False
Who would be considered Darwin's early mentor (he also helped get him on the beagle)? -
ANS Henslow
Natural selection ______. - ANS results in evolutionary adaptation
Speciation requires ______. - ANS ...
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,The founder effect differs from a population bottleneck in that the founder effect ______. -
ANS involves the isolation of a small colony of individuals from a larger population
When two frog species, Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica, mate, the offspring die early in
embryonic development. This is an example of ______. - ANS ...
Annelids are most closely related to ______. - ANS molluscs
Using the following evolutionary tree that depicts the relationships of Mayflies (yellow
branches), Dragonfiles (Pink branches), and all other winged insects (light green branches).
Which of the following is true: - ANS Mayflies and dragonflies share a recent common
ancestor that had wings
Can science address:Did Jesus walk on water? - ANS No
Can science address:Can a human walk on water? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Should human DNA be used in genetic cloning? - ANS No
Can science address:How old is the Earth? - ANS Yes
Can science address:What morphological characteristics were likely present in the common
ancestor of humans and chimps? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Why was the Earth created? - ANS No
Can science address:How does coffee affect ulcers? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Should people drink coffee? - ANS No
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, Can science address:Are humans most closely related to chimpanzees? - ANS Yes
Darwin's Bulldog - ANS Huxley
Biblical literalist, ultimately killed himself - ANS Fitzroy
Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin - ANS Wallace
Married Emma Wedgwood - ANS Charles Darwin
Captain of the Beagle - ANS Fitzroy
"The man who walked with Darwin" - ANS Henslow
Wrote "Principles of Geology" - ANS Lyell
Was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln - ANS Charles Darwin
Medical Doctor, wrote how all organisms belong to one living filament - ANS Erasmus Darwin
Suppose you want to date the age of a trilobite fossil you found in the mountains of Dugway.
You collect rocks that surround the fossil (from the same rock layer) and send them off to be
radiometrically dated. If the half life of element X decaying into Y is 125 million years, and there
is 1/16 of the original amount of X left in the rock you found. How old is the rock and therefore
the fossil? - ANS 500 million years
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Populations never come into
contact with each other - ANS Pre
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How do hypotheses differ from theories? - ANS Theories are more comprehensive than
hypotheses.
According to lecture, can science and religion coexist? Can they answer all of the same
questions? - ANS Yes, No
The quote, "In science, theories do not turn into facts through the accumulation of evidence.
Rather, theories are the end points of science" is supported by which of the following ideas: -
ANS None of the above
Which of the following is true of Charles Darwin: - ANS When his daughter died, he blamed
himself, and became indifferent towards God
Which answer is best given the statement: Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", is well
known because he was the first person to suggest that one species can evolve into another
species - ANS The statement is False
Who would be considered Darwin's early mentor (he also helped get him on the beagle)? -
ANS Henslow
Natural selection ______. - ANS results in evolutionary adaptation
Speciation requires ______. - ANS ...
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,The founder effect differs from a population bottleneck in that the founder effect ______. -
ANS involves the isolation of a small colony of individuals from a larger population
When two frog species, Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica, mate, the offspring die early in
embryonic development. This is an example of ______. - ANS ...
Annelids are most closely related to ______. - ANS molluscs
Using the following evolutionary tree that depicts the relationships of Mayflies (yellow
branches), Dragonfiles (Pink branches), and all other winged insects (light green branches).
Which of the following is true: - ANS Mayflies and dragonflies share a recent common
ancestor that had wings
Can science address:Did Jesus walk on water? - ANS No
Can science address:Can a human walk on water? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Should human DNA be used in genetic cloning? - ANS No
Can science address:How old is the Earth? - ANS Yes
Can science address:What morphological characteristics were likely present in the common
ancestor of humans and chimps? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Why was the Earth created? - ANS No
Can science address:How does coffee affect ulcers? - ANS Yes
Can science address:Should people drink coffee? - ANS No
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, Can science address:Are humans most closely related to chimpanzees? - ANS Yes
Darwin's Bulldog - ANS Huxley
Biblical literalist, ultimately killed himself - ANS Fitzroy
Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin - ANS Wallace
Married Emma Wedgwood - ANS Charles Darwin
Captain of the Beagle - ANS Fitzroy
"The man who walked with Darwin" - ANS Henslow
Wrote "Principles of Geology" - ANS Lyell
Was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln - ANS Charles Darwin
Medical Doctor, wrote how all organisms belong to one living filament - ANS Erasmus Darwin
Suppose you want to date the age of a trilobite fossil you found in the mountains of Dugway.
You collect rocks that surround the fossil (from the same rock layer) and send them off to be
radiometrically dated. If the half life of element X decaying into Y is 125 million years, and there
is 1/16 of the original amount of X left in the rock you found. How old is the rock and therefore
the fossil? - ANS 500 million years
Identify as a pre-zygotic or post-zygotic barrier to reproduction:Populations never come into
contact with each other - ANS Pre
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