BIO 358 Midterm 1 Review Questions With Complete
Solutions
600 Correct Answers In rough, round numbers, which of the
following is closest to the ratio of the time since humans and
chimps last had a common ancestor divided by the time since
poodles and wolves last had a common ancestor?
A natural law, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, makes
these errors inevitable Correct Answers When an organism
replicates its design information errors (mutations) rarely, but
inevitably occur. These errors create the variation in design
information on which evolution by natural selection depends.
Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of why these errors occur in all organisms?
Allele Correct Answers Different versions of the same piece of
genetic design information produced by mutation
Amino Acid Correct Answers Molecules that combine to form
proteins
Atom Correct Answers The smallest unit of matter that retains
all of the chemical properties of an element
Biological catalysts dramatically accelerate all possibilities
Correct Answers Catalysts are vital to the functioning of all
organisms. Which of the following is the most accurate and
complete description of the collective effect of all catalysts in an
organism?
, Biological design information is encoded as linear combinatorial
information using 20 distinct individuals coding elements
Correct Answers Which of the following is the most accurate
and complete description of how biological design information
is encoded in terrestrial organisms?
Catalyst Correct Answers Molecules that bind to and influence
the chemical reactions of other atoms and molecules without
themselves being permanently altered
Chemical bond Correct Answers A connection between two
surfaces or objects that have been joined together
Chimps are more closely related to us than they are to gorillas,
yet humans became very different from both these other apes by
evolving rapidly in a new direction Correct Answers Chimps
and gorilla are much more like one another than either is like
humans. Phylogenetic analysis and related approaches allow us
to make a very specific statement about how this state of affairs
arose. Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of this statement?
Chimps Correct Answers One of two African great ape species
that are our closest surviving relatives
Chromosome Correct Answers Physical objects in which
genetic design information is packaged in contemporary
organisms
Combinatoriality Correct Answers The fundamental strategy
used to build complexity throughout the biological world
Solutions
600 Correct Answers In rough, round numbers, which of the
following is closest to the ratio of the time since humans and
chimps last had a common ancestor divided by the time since
poodles and wolves last had a common ancestor?
A natural law, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, makes
these errors inevitable Correct Answers When an organism
replicates its design information errors (mutations) rarely, but
inevitably occur. These errors create the variation in design
information on which evolution by natural selection depends.
Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of why these errors occur in all organisms?
Allele Correct Answers Different versions of the same piece of
genetic design information produced by mutation
Amino Acid Correct Answers Molecules that combine to form
proteins
Atom Correct Answers The smallest unit of matter that retains
all of the chemical properties of an element
Biological catalysts dramatically accelerate all possibilities
Correct Answers Catalysts are vital to the functioning of all
organisms. Which of the following is the most accurate and
complete description of the collective effect of all catalysts in an
organism?
, Biological design information is encoded as linear combinatorial
information using 20 distinct individuals coding elements
Correct Answers Which of the following is the most accurate
and complete description of how biological design information
is encoded in terrestrial organisms?
Catalyst Correct Answers Molecules that bind to and influence
the chemical reactions of other atoms and molecules without
themselves being permanently altered
Chemical bond Correct Answers A connection between two
surfaces or objects that have been joined together
Chimps are more closely related to us than they are to gorillas,
yet humans became very different from both these other apes by
evolving rapidly in a new direction Correct Answers Chimps
and gorilla are much more like one another than either is like
humans. Phylogenetic analysis and related approaches allow us
to make a very specific statement about how this state of affairs
arose. Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of this statement?
Chimps Correct Answers One of two African great ape species
that are our closest surviving relatives
Chromosome Correct Answers Physical objects in which
genetic design information is packaged in contemporary
organisms
Combinatoriality Correct Answers The fundamental strategy
used to build complexity throughout the biological world
