LSUE BIOLOGY 1001 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Evolution. Answer: by Charles Darwin, explains how Earth's many
species are related through descent from common ancestors and
how these species have diverged over time.
◉ descent with modification. Answer: an ancestral species could
diversify into many descendant species by the accumulation of
adaptations to various environments
◉ Darwin's theory of Evolution. Answer: Earth's many species are
descendants of ancestral species that were different from those
living today
◉ Aristotle. Answer: (Greek philosopher) generally viewed species
as perfect and permanent
◉ Genesis. Answer: species were individually designed by a divine
creator, man added the interpretive view that the Earth was <6,000
yrs. old;
,◉ fossils. Answer: imprints or remains of organisms that lived in the
past revealed a succession of forms in layers of sedimentary rock
that differed from current life-forms
(mid-1700's when people began to notice these weren't just rocks)
◉ Jean Baptiste Lamarck. Answer: suggested that the best
explanation for the relationship of fossils to current organisms is
that life evolves
◉ inheritance of acquired characteristics. Answer: Lamarckian belief
that characteristics acquired during the lifetime of an organism can
be passed on to offspring for example, he suggested that giraffes
have long necks today because their ancestors had lengthened their
necks by stretching ever higher into the trees to reach leaves
◉ HMS Beagle. Answer: In 1831, Darwin traveled to the Galapagos
Islands aboard the__________ on a 5 year cruise
◉ Continental Drift. Answer: The hypothesis that states that the
continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to
their present locations
◉ Charles Lyell. Answer: wrote Principles of Geology, influenced
Darwin
,◉ On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Answer:
1859 Darwin published
◉ Alfred Wallace's. Answer: 1858 Lyell presented ________ paper and
excerpts from an essay by Darwin to the scientific community.
◉ adaptations. Answer: as descendants of a remote ancestor spread
into various habitats over millions and millions of years, they
accumulated diverse modifications or _________that fit them to
specific ways of life in their environment
◉ Natural Selection. Answer: A natural process resulting in the
evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. "descent
with modification"
◉ biogeography. Answer: study of the distribution of organisms
around the world
◉ homology. Answer: Similarity in characteristics resulting from a
shared ancestry.
◉ homologous structures. Answer: features that often have different
functions but are
structurally similar because of common ancestry
, ◉ evolutionary tree. Answer: a diagram that reflects evolutionary
relationships among groups of organisms
◉ Are crocodiles more closely related to lizards or birds?. Answer:
◉ population. Answer: a group of organisms of the same species
populating a given area
◉ gene pool. Answer: All the genes, including all the different alleles
for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time
◉ mutation. Answer: A change the genetic information encoded in
the nucleotide sequence of DNA
◉ genetic bottle neck. Answer: loss of individuals leading to reduced
genetic variation caused by genetic drift
◉ genetic drift. Answer: chance events that change allele
frequencies to fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the
next
◉ founder effect. Answer: genetic drift that occurs after a small
number of individuals colonize a new area
EVALUATION 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Evolution. Answer: by Charles Darwin, explains how Earth's many
species are related through descent from common ancestors and
how these species have diverged over time.
◉ descent with modification. Answer: an ancestral species could
diversify into many descendant species by the accumulation of
adaptations to various environments
◉ Darwin's theory of Evolution. Answer: Earth's many species are
descendants of ancestral species that were different from those
living today
◉ Aristotle. Answer: (Greek philosopher) generally viewed species
as perfect and permanent
◉ Genesis. Answer: species were individually designed by a divine
creator, man added the interpretive view that the Earth was <6,000
yrs. old;
,◉ fossils. Answer: imprints or remains of organisms that lived in the
past revealed a succession of forms in layers of sedimentary rock
that differed from current life-forms
(mid-1700's when people began to notice these weren't just rocks)
◉ Jean Baptiste Lamarck. Answer: suggested that the best
explanation for the relationship of fossils to current organisms is
that life evolves
◉ inheritance of acquired characteristics. Answer: Lamarckian belief
that characteristics acquired during the lifetime of an organism can
be passed on to offspring for example, he suggested that giraffes
have long necks today because their ancestors had lengthened their
necks by stretching ever higher into the trees to reach leaves
◉ HMS Beagle. Answer: In 1831, Darwin traveled to the Galapagos
Islands aboard the__________ on a 5 year cruise
◉ Continental Drift. Answer: The hypothesis that states that the
continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to
their present locations
◉ Charles Lyell. Answer: wrote Principles of Geology, influenced
Darwin
,◉ On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Answer:
1859 Darwin published
◉ Alfred Wallace's. Answer: 1858 Lyell presented ________ paper and
excerpts from an essay by Darwin to the scientific community.
◉ adaptations. Answer: as descendants of a remote ancestor spread
into various habitats over millions and millions of years, they
accumulated diverse modifications or _________that fit them to
specific ways of life in their environment
◉ Natural Selection. Answer: A natural process resulting in the
evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. "descent
with modification"
◉ biogeography. Answer: study of the distribution of organisms
around the world
◉ homology. Answer: Similarity in characteristics resulting from a
shared ancestry.
◉ homologous structures. Answer: features that often have different
functions but are
structurally similar because of common ancestry
, ◉ evolutionary tree. Answer: a diagram that reflects evolutionary
relationships among groups of organisms
◉ Are crocodiles more closely related to lizards or birds?. Answer:
◉ population. Answer: a group of organisms of the same species
populating a given area
◉ gene pool. Answer: All the genes, including all the different alleles
for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time
◉ mutation. Answer: A change the genetic information encoded in
the nucleotide sequence of DNA
◉ genetic bottle neck. Answer: loss of individuals leading to reduced
genetic variation caused by genetic drift
◉ genetic drift. Answer: chance events that change allele
frequencies to fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the
next
◉ founder effect. Answer: genetic drift that occurs after a small
number of individuals colonize a new area
