BIO 182 Exam 1-ASU Questions & Answers
2024
how many species live in planet Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER-unknown-roughly 3 to 5
million
why is life so incredibly diverse, yet so strangely similar? - CORRECT
ANSWER-organisms can contain similar features. planes have wings, birds have
wings-this feature is useful for different things (different for penguins, pelicans, bats,
eagles)
true or false: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future? - CORRECT
ANSWER-
true or false: scientists believe in evolution even though they currently lack evidence for
the theory - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: opposition to irrational numbers was based on evidence that such
numbers cannot exist - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: opposition to irrational numbers stemmed from a worldview involving
naturalistic evolution - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: the belief that irrational numbers cannot exist reflects religion more than
science - CORRECT ANSWER-true
true or false: modern mathematicians accept irrational numbers because such numbers
provide more accurate solutions to problems than whole numbers do - CORRECT
ANSWER-true
the scientific method relies on.... - CORRECT ANSWER-models, observations, and
experiments
a model is a formal description of a scientific hypothesis. which provides the most
precise description of a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-
true or false: an experiment enables one to demonstrate that a correlation between two
variables results from cause and effect - CORRECT ANSWER-true
2024
how many species live in planet Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER-unknown-roughly 3 to 5
million
why is life so incredibly diverse, yet so strangely similar? - CORRECT
ANSWER-organisms can contain similar features. planes have wings, birds have
wings-this feature is useful for different things (different for penguins, pelicans, bats,
eagles)
true or false: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future? - CORRECT
ANSWER-
true or false: scientists believe in evolution even though they currently lack evidence for
the theory - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: opposition to irrational numbers was based on evidence that such
numbers cannot exist - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: opposition to irrational numbers stemmed from a worldview involving
naturalistic evolution - CORRECT ANSWER-false
true or false: the belief that irrational numbers cannot exist reflects religion more than
science - CORRECT ANSWER-true
true or false: modern mathematicians accept irrational numbers because such numbers
provide more accurate solutions to problems than whole numbers do - CORRECT
ANSWER-true
the scientific method relies on.... - CORRECT ANSWER-models, observations, and
experiments
a model is a formal description of a scientific hypothesis. which provides the most
precise description of a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-
true or false: an experiment enables one to demonstrate that a correlation between two
variables results from cause and effect - CORRECT ANSWER-true
