TAMU Biology 112 EXAM 1 Questions and Answers Graded A
What are the fundamental elements of science ? ✔✔1. Without data, you are just a loud mouh with an option
- use info and critical thinking to solve problems.
- science is not afraid to change its mind based on new evidence
- 1 time does not make a pattern our brains runs on glucose
What is evolution? ✔✔Species change over time. All species alive now came from previously existing life forms. It is a descent with modification which is the change in heritable phenotype traits of biological population over successive generation.
What is Anthropocentric ? ✔✔Considering humans as the most significant entity in the universe
What 3 mechanisms cause allele frequency change? ✔✔1. natural selection
- genetic drift
- gene flow
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What is microevolution? ✔✔Change in allele frequencies in a population over generations."P+Q"
What were Darwin's observations? ✔✔Different versions of species in different areas, fossils showed similar species to today. Darwin observed the beak shapes of various finch species and discovered that the beaks of an ancestral species had adapted over time to equip different food sources.
What is desiccation? ✔✔extreme dryness, dehydration
Finish the following statement: Nature_____ teleological which essentially means that nature_______ have a plan, purpose or motive. ✔✔Nature is not teleological which essentially means that nature does not have a plan, purpose or motive.
Finish the following statement: Extinction is the ____, Survival is the ____ of the rule.✔✔Extinction is the rule, Survival is the exception of the rule
What is the difference between extinct and extant ? ✔✔Extinct : no longer alive- gone
Extant: still living
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