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Darwin and Wallace's Two Big Ideas Correct Answer-1.) descent with modification 2.) natural selection Special Creation Correct Answer--1700s and early 1800s POPULAR belief that species are FIXED entities that neither change nor give rise to descendant species Darwin and Wallace's Observations Correct Answer--fossils of extinct animals are found where similar animals live today (armadillo and Glyptodon) -Islands near each other have similar but distinct animals living on them -some sp...

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...

PSY 2012 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS. Although the bulk of psychology focuses on human behavior, studying animal behavior has been an essential part of the discipline that allows for . Selected Answer: c. making essential comparisons with humans • Question 2 Ancient Greek philosophers . 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: a. provided natural explanations for their observations • Question 3 Functionalism emerged partly in response to the publication of . 5 out of 5 point...

PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm. Questions and answers. Graded A+. 2022/2023 updates Document Content and Description Below PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for their actions? - Non determinist and soft determinist _ ________________ emphasizes the works of individuals who most prominently contributed to a topic such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Darwin of Freud in - The Great-person appr...

Charles Darwin was the first scientist to suggest that species had changed over time. a. True b. False Answer False What has come to be known as the "modern evolutionary synthesis" began in the 1930s and 1940s. What did it involve? a. The incorporation of the ideas of developmental biology into evolutionary theory b. The development of statistical analysis in evolution c. The fusion of biology and chemistry d. The integration of genetics, systematics, and paleontology, allowing the co...

What is a good, brief definition of evolution as relevant to biology? - Change over time in the characteristics of a population Does the theory of evolution imply a particular mechanism (yes/no)? - No What phrase did Darwin prefer to the word evolution? - Descent with modification Prior to the formulation of the idea (not really a theory yet) of evolution species were viewed as ___. - Species were unchanging How did Aristotle rank species in his ladder of Nature? - Proximity to perfection ...

Charles Darwin was the first scientist to suggest that species had changed over time. a. True b. False Answer False What has come to be known as the "modern evolutionary synthesis" began in the 1930s and 1940s. What did it involve? a. The incorporation of the ideas of developmental biology into evolutionary theory b. The development of statistical analysis in evolution c. The fusion of biology and chemistry d. The integration of genetics, systematics, and paleontology, allowing the co...

What was the name of the view Galileo had for the solar system? - Answer- Copernican What is the Copernican view of the solar system? - Answer- Belief that the Sun was the center of the Universe What was the name of the view the Catholic church had of the solar system? - Answer- Ptolemaic What was that Ptolemaic view of the solar system? - Answer- Belief that the Earth was the center of the Universe What was Galileo arrested for? - Answer- Heresy, going against the views of the Catho...

Test Bank for Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology 2E Jeffrey S. Levinton 8/22/01 Chapter 1 Charles Darwin is well known as a great marine biologist because of a. His work on coral reefs b. His classification of the barnacles c. His participation in the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle d. All of the above Bathybius was believed to be a. The ancestor of the bony fishes. b. A slime from which life arose on the sea bed. c. The founder of marine biology. d. A resident of hot vent e...

Elements that organisms require to grow and reproduce correct answer: Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Similarities in arm structures of animals result from what factors ... correct answer: Certain bones are similar because all of these animals are mammals with a shared common ancestor. These bones and limbs are actually very different with different uses. Shared features in many organisms results from ... correct answer: shared common descent and evoluti...