Lamarck Samenvattingen, Notities en Examens

Who of the following scientists would postulate that giraffes have long necks because they wanted to eat the leaves of tall trees? Possible Answers: Watson & Crick Salk Leeuwenhoek Lamarck Darwin Correct answer: Lamarck Questions 2 Which of the following theories representing Lamarckian evolution is false? Possible Answers: All of the choices are correct EXAM Inheritance of acquired characteristics Theory of genetic chance Principle of use and disuse Correct answer: Theory of genetic chance...

AP Biology Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ What are the 2 theories of evolution? Explain each Gradualism- geologic changes result from slow, gradual, continuous process Punctuated Equilibrium- Long period of stasis punctuated by short bursts of significant change. What was Lamarck's theory and why was it wrong? Lamarck = Inheritance of Acquired characteristics- traits acquired during lifetime could be passed on What is natural selection Comptetition for limited resources re...

Rhode Island was the first state to close the hunting season on _______. correct answer: white-tailed deer In 1996 Congress placed the NBS under the _______. correct answer: USGS _______ was the poison used in Colorado to kill bears. correct answer: thallium The "Theory of Acquired Characteristics" was first advanced by _______. correct answer: Lamarck The majority of vertebrate species in Florida and Colorado are properly classified as _______ species. correct answer: non-gam...

Aristotle, a philosopher - Answer-Pre-300 BCE -described species as fixed -Scale of nature: arranges species in order of lowest to highest complexity -linear hierarchy Hutton, a geologist - Answer-1795 -proposed gradualism -change is a slow but continuous process Thomas Robert Malthus, an economist - Answer-1798 -published "Essay on the Principle of Population'" -Human population growth is limited by resources; At some point we will reach carrying capacity, -can't grow exponentiall...

Bio 101 Final WVU- Evolution Questions and Answers Already Graded A Darwin's dangerous idea evolution by natural selection Why is evolution important? If animals could not evolve we would not be able to survive any better or grow as a species. Explain the changes that occurred in the tree populations and animal populations over time? As time passes, the population adapts and changes to better fit the evolving around them What is evolution? Result of inherited adaptations that e...

Question 1 Who of the following scientists would postulate that giraffes have long necks because they wanted to eat the leaves of tall trees? Possible Answers: Salk Lamarck Leeuwenhoek Darwin Watson & Crick Correct answer: Lamarck Question 2 Which of the following theories representing Lamarckian evolution is false? Possible Answers: EXAM Inheritance of acquired characteristics Theory of genetic chance All of the choices are correct Principle of use and disuse Correct answer: Theory of gene...

BIO 117 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed What is an adaptation? a trait that improves the fitness of its bearer, compared with individuals without the trait How can biological fitness be estimated? Count the number of healthy, fertile offspring produced by different individuals in a population. All of the following are true for natural selection EXCEPT: - Variation exists in populations (all individuals are NOT the same). -Characteristics acquired by individuals over the cours...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Aristotle - Answer- Scala naturae Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reprod...

Biology Praxis 5235 Latest Update with Verified Solutions Scientific Method 1) Observation 2) Research 3) Hypothesis 4) Test the hypothesis 5) Analysis of Data 6) Conclusion 7) Communication Anton van Leeuwenhoek Created the microscope and observed microorganisms Carolus Linnaeus Created the binomial nomenclature system for classifying species Georges Cuvier Established extinction as a fact Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Proposed teleological evolution Matthias Schleiden Stated that plants are made ...

What did Aristotle believe? correct answer: Species were fixed creations arranged by their complexity Who contributed to Darwin's thinking? correct answer: •Charles Lyell •Thomas Malthus •George Cuvier •James Hutton •John Baptiste Lamarck •Alfred Russell Wallace Charles Lyell correct answer: Uniformitarism (geologic processed still change earth) Principles of Geology correct answer: •published by Lyell just before Beagle set sail and read by Darwin •explained...