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great chain of being Correct Answer-a hierarchical structure that distinguishes all things linearly based on medieval Christian beliefs that God intended for such order to exist in his world. God is at the top, angels, planets, kings, nobles, commoners, animals, plants, stones, metals, elements. Before adopted by medieval Christians, probably derived from philosophers like Aristotle and Plato. The natural order was present in society in terms of class and status, with exemplary challenges to the...

Test Bank for Essentials of Biological Anthropology, 4th Edition, Clark Spencer Larsen CHAPTER 02: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Adaptive radiation occurs when: a. one species gives rise to multiple closely related species. b. several species adapt to one environment. c. species adapt to environments with high radiation levels. d. an individual adapts to varying environments. ANS: A DIF: Easy OBJ: Explain Darwin's main contribution(s) to th...

radiometric dating ,radiocarbon dating,potassium-40 dating, half-life, punctuated equilibrium, Cambrian explosion, macroevolution, microevolution, Linnaeus, Lamarck,Cuvier,Lyell and Hutton,Malthus,descent with modification,selective breeding The process of humans intentionally selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation, over time producing organisms with altered characteristics species a group of related organisms sharing a distinctive form. If se...

Bio 182 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Which of the following would be an example of convergent evolution? A. Hummingbird Bill sizes change in the shape to easily fit into flowers B. Competition among finches of Galapagos islands causing speciation C. Anteaters in Australia and anteaters and South America both developing long narrow skulls D. Maple trees migrating northward after glaciers started to recede in North America - Answer-C. Anteaters in Australia and anteaters and ...

UCLA Anthro 1 Midterm 1 Exam Questions And Answers All Correct Natural Selection - ANS Evolution by variation and selective retention Morphology - ANS an organism's size, shape, and composition Stabilizing Selection - ANS Selection required to change a population and then keep it the same for future generations species - ANS dynamic population of individuals individual selection - ANS adaptation results from the competition among individuals continuous - ANS ...

Adaptations result from interactions between organisms and their ______. correct answer: environment Natural selection is based on Darwin's observation that individuals most likely to survive and reproduce are those ________. correct answer: with traits best suited to their current environment The history of life on Earth is recorded in _______. correct answer: rock fossils Which is an example of an acquired trait? correct answer: the ability to write What is a fossil? correct a...

Biogeography Analogous structures - Structures that look the same, but not because they shared a common ancestor homologous structures - Structures that look the same because they did share a common ancestor James Hutton - Geologist that believed in deep time (meaning the earth is super old). Charles Lyell - Believed earth of 4.6 billion years old Got idea from James Hutton Carl Linnaeus - Created binomial nomenclature Alfred Wallace - English contemporary to Darwin Published his resea...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Evolution And Genetics Of Energy 325 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated 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

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY:Theorists And Evidence 60 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated 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

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...