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BIOLOGY 182 ASU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
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**1. Key Point #1: What does the common features of all organisms suggest?**
- A) They all evolved through a single, random process
- B) They were created separately
- C) They do not have any common features
- D) Diversity on Earth is artificial
✔✔ **Answer**: A) They all evolved through a single, random process.
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**2. True or False: Biodiversity on Earth will likely decrease in the near future.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: A) True. Due to human activity, invasive species, climate change, and deforestation.
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**3. What are the three worldviews on the origin of species?**
- A) Natural Evolution, Creation, Catastrophism
- B) Creation, Natural Evolution, Theistic Evolution
- C) Theistic Evolution, Random Creation, Natural Selection
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- D) Intelligent Design, Natural Evolution, Catastrophism
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Creation, Natural Evolution, Theistic Evolution.
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**4. True or False: Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: A) True. The USA survey showed 40% agreed.
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**5. True or False: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the
theory.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: B) False. Evolution is supported by mechanisms such as natural selection, mutation,
and genetic drift.
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**6. Key Point #2: Why do biologists accept evolutionary theory?**
- A) Because it is a popular idea
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- B) Because its predictions match observations
- C) Because it is mentioned in ancient texts
- D) Because there is no alternative theory
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Because its predictions match observations.
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**7. True or False: Extreme temperatures of 2015 are enough to conclude that the Earth is warming.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: B) False. There isn’t enough data to show a long-term trend.
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**8. What is a single temperature reading called?**
- A) Mean
- B) Datum
- C) Anomaly
- D) Standard Deviation
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Datum.
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**9. What is the term for the average temperature?**
- A) Mean
- B) Deviation
- C) Median
- D) Mode
✔✔ **Answer**: A) Mean.
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**10. What does "Temperature Anomaly" mean?**
- A) The average temperature over time
- B) The deviation from the expected average temperature
- C) The exact normal temperature
- D) None of the above
✔✔ **Answer**: B) The deviation from the expected average temperature.
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**11. What is "Mean Anomaly"?**
- A) The average deviation from the expected temperature
- B) The average temperature
- C) The highest temperature recorded
BIOLOGY 182 ASU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
**1. Key Point #1: What does the common features of all organisms suggest?**
- A) They all evolved through a single, random process
- B) They were created separately
- C) They do not have any common features
- D) Diversity on Earth is artificial
✔✔ **Answer**: A) They all evolved through a single, random process.
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**2. True or False: Biodiversity on Earth will likely decrease in the near future.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: A) True. Due to human activity, invasive species, climate change, and deforestation.
---
**3. What are the three worldviews on the origin of species?**
- A) Natural Evolution, Creation, Catastrophism
- B) Creation, Natural Evolution, Theistic Evolution
- C) Theistic Evolution, Random Creation, Natural Selection
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- D) Intelligent Design, Natural Evolution, Catastrophism
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Creation, Natural Evolution, Theistic Evolution.
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**4. True or False: Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: A) True. The USA survey showed 40% agreed.
---
**5. True or False: Scientists believe in Evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the
theory.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: B) False. Evolution is supported by mechanisms such as natural selection, mutation,
and genetic drift.
---
**6. Key Point #2: Why do biologists accept evolutionary theory?**
- A) Because it is a popular idea
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- B) Because its predictions match observations
- C) Because it is mentioned in ancient texts
- D) Because there is no alternative theory
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Because its predictions match observations.
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**7. True or False: Extreme temperatures of 2015 are enough to conclude that the Earth is warming.**
- A) True
- B) False
✔✔ **Answer**: B) False. There isn’t enough data to show a long-term trend.
---
**8. What is a single temperature reading called?**
- A) Mean
- B) Datum
- C) Anomaly
- D) Standard Deviation
✔✔ **Answer**: B) Datum.
---
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**9. What is the term for the average temperature?**
- A) Mean
- B) Deviation
- C) Median
- D) Mode
✔✔ **Answer**: A) Mean.
---
**10. What does "Temperature Anomaly" mean?**
- A) The average temperature over time
- B) The deviation from the expected average temperature
- C) The exact normal temperature
- D) None of the above
✔✔ **Answer**: B) The deviation from the expected average temperature.
---
**11. What is "Mean Anomaly"?**
- A) The average deviation from the expected temperature
- B) The average temperature
- C) The highest temperature recorded
