Anthro 1 Midterm 1 UCLA Exam Study
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Rosalind Franklin - ✔✔produced x-ray photographs of
DNA which help to uncover the structure
Anaximander - ✔✔speculated that living beings arose gradually from water and suggested
that men originated from animals
Aristotle - ✔✔believed that species and the universe are fixed and determined and living
species don't go extinct or evolve
Great Chain of Being - ✔✔scale of more complex organisms better than others
William Paley - ✔✔wrote book called Natural Theology that discussed the importance of a
supreme being designer
The Watchmaker argument - ✔✔the complexity of a particular thing necessitates a designer
Copernicus - ✔✔astronomer that hypothesized that the sun is the center of the universe
, Galileo - ✔✔discovered many basic concepts of math and physics and promoted the use of
quantitative experiments
Newton - ✔✔Earth and other celestial bodies are governed by the same laws of nature
Carolus Linnaeus - ✔✔Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who developed binomial
nomenclature
Lyell - ✔✔"father of geology"
earth is slow and changing
Georges Cuvier - ✔✔French naturalist and zoologist who was the first to establish that
extinction occurred through his study of fossils
Teleological Argument - ✔✔argument for the existence of God based not he perceived
evidence of purpose or design
Binomial Nomenclature - ✔✔systemized how species were linked to one another
Guide with Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers
Rosalind Franklin - ✔✔produced x-ray photographs of
DNA which help to uncover the structure
Anaximander - ✔✔speculated that living beings arose gradually from water and suggested
that men originated from animals
Aristotle - ✔✔believed that species and the universe are fixed and determined and living
species don't go extinct or evolve
Great Chain of Being - ✔✔scale of more complex organisms better than others
William Paley - ✔✔wrote book called Natural Theology that discussed the importance of a
supreme being designer
The Watchmaker argument - ✔✔the complexity of a particular thing necessitates a designer
Copernicus - ✔✔astronomer that hypothesized that the sun is the center of the universe
, Galileo - ✔✔discovered many basic concepts of math and physics and promoted the use of
quantitative experiments
Newton - ✔✔Earth and other celestial bodies are governed by the same laws of nature
Carolus Linnaeus - ✔✔Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who developed binomial
nomenclature
Lyell - ✔✔"father of geology"
earth is slow and changing
Georges Cuvier - ✔✔French naturalist and zoologist who was the first to establish that
extinction occurred through his study of fossils
Teleological Argument - ✔✔argument for the existence of God based not he perceived
evidence of purpose or design
Binomial Nomenclature - ✔✔systemized how species were linked to one another
