Bio 325 UH Manoa Exam 1 Questions With
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What |is |a |hypothesis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |informed |statement |about |what |might |be |
true/a |statement |about |how |the |world |is |or |how |the |world |works
What |is |a |fact? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-hypothesis |supported |beyond |reasonable |doubt
What |is |a |theory? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |mature, |coherent, |substantial |body |of |
interconnected |statements |based |on |reasoning |and |evidence |that |explains |a |variety |of |
observations. |The |foundation |of |a |theory |is |the |synthesis |of |hypothesis |that |have |acquired |
enough |support |to |be |accepted |as |facts
The |fossil |record |is |biased |in |favor |of |species |that |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-existed |for |a |long |
time, |abundant |and |widespread, |had |hard |parts
How |old |is |Earth? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-About |4.6 |billion |years |old
What |is |the |order |of |the |Phanerozoic |periods |from |Cambrian |to |the |Quaternary? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-C |O |S |D |C |P |T |J |C |P |N |Q
- |Cambrian
- |Ordovician |
- |Silurian
- |Devonian
-Carboniferous
-Paleozoic
, -Triassic
-Jurassic
-Paleogene |
-Neogene
-Quaternary
What |is |defined |as |the |active |science |of |describing |biodiversity, |includes |the |naming |and |
ordered |division |into |groups |of |organisms? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Taxonomy
What |is |defined |as |a |single |physical |example |of |an |organism |used |when |the |species |was |
formally |described? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Holotype
What |is |defined |as |taxonomy |based |on |evolutionary |relationships |among |organisms? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Systematcis
What |is |homology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Similarity |due |to |shared |ancestry
What |is |analogy? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-similarity |due |to |convergent |evolution, |a |superficial |
or |misleading |similarity
What |is |convergent |evolution? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-occurs |when |similar |environmental |
pressures |and |natural |selection |produce |similar |(analogous) |adaptations |in |organisms |from |
different |evolutionary |lineages
occurs |when |similar |environmental |pressures |and |natural |selection |produce |similar |
(analogous) |adaptations |in |organisms |from |different |evolutionary |lineagesW |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-
What |does |MCRA |stand |for |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |common |recent |ancestor
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What |is |a |hypothesis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |informed |statement |about |what |might |be |
true/a |statement |about |how |the |world |is |or |how |the |world |works
What |is |a |fact? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-hypothesis |supported |beyond |reasonable |doubt
What |is |a |theory? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |mature, |coherent, |substantial |body |of |
interconnected |statements |based |on |reasoning |and |evidence |that |explains |a |variety |of |
observations. |The |foundation |of |a |theory |is |the |synthesis |of |hypothesis |that |have |acquired |
enough |support |to |be |accepted |as |facts
The |fossil |record |is |biased |in |favor |of |species |that |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-existed |for |a |long |
time, |abundant |and |widespread, |had |hard |parts
How |old |is |Earth? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-About |4.6 |billion |years |old
What |is |the |order |of |the |Phanerozoic |periods |from |Cambrian |to |the |Quaternary? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-C |O |S |D |C |P |T |J |C |P |N |Q
- |Cambrian
- |Ordovician |
- |Silurian
- |Devonian
-Carboniferous
-Paleozoic
, -Triassic
-Jurassic
-Paleogene |
-Neogene
-Quaternary
What |is |defined |as |the |active |science |of |describing |biodiversity, |includes |the |naming |and |
ordered |division |into |groups |of |organisms? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Taxonomy
What |is |defined |as |a |single |physical |example |of |an |organism |used |when |the |species |was |
formally |described? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Holotype
What |is |defined |as |taxonomy |based |on |evolutionary |relationships |among |organisms? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Systematcis
What |is |homology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Similarity |due |to |shared |ancestry
What |is |analogy? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-similarity |due |to |convergent |evolution, |a |superficial |
or |misleading |similarity
What |is |convergent |evolution? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-occurs |when |similar |environmental |
pressures |and |natural |selection |produce |similar |(analogous) |adaptations |in |organisms |from |
different |evolutionary |lineages
occurs |when |similar |environmental |pressures |and |natural |selection |produce |similar |
(analogous) |adaptations |in |organisms |from |different |evolutionary |lineagesW |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-
What |does |MCRA |stand |for |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |common |recent |ancestor
