BIOLOGY 191 EXAM 1 - STEVENSON SPRING 2024
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Theory of Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅states that organisms change and develop over time
to adapt an increase rate of survival
Importance of the fossil record - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-shows progress of species
-shows relatedness of species
-gives evidence of transitional organisms
-provides evidence for when extinctions occured
Adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their
survival and reproduction in specific environments
Evolutionary trees - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅models used to explain the evolutionary links between
groups of organisms
Extinct species - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a species that no longer exists
extant species - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A species that is living today.
Artificial selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the
occurrence of desirable traits in offspring
Darwin's observations and inferences on natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
The Effect of natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Evidence for evolution: Direct observations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Theory of Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅states that organisms change and develop over time
to adapt an increase rate of survival
Importance of the fossil record - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-shows progress of species
-shows relatedness of species
-gives evidence of transitional organisms
-provides evidence for when extinctions occured
Adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their
survival and reproduction in specific environments
Evolutionary trees - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅models used to explain the evolutionary links between
groups of organisms
Extinct species - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a species that no longer exists
extant species - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A species that is living today.
Artificial selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the
occurrence of desirable traits in offspring
Darwin's observations and inferences on natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
The Effect of natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Evidence for evolution: Direct observations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
