Evolution Exam 1 BIO 322 CSUN
Hogue
Why is evolution important? - answer If animals could not evolve we would not be able
to survive any better or grow as a species.
Facts - answer information that is true or demonstrable
scientific theory - answer a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of
observations
Hypothesis - answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
how do viruses work? - answer invade host cells and reproduce using the host's
intracellular machinery
Retrovirus - answerAn RNA virus that reproduces by transcribing its RNA into DNA and
then inserting the DNA into a cellular chromosome; an important class of cancer-
causing viruses.
virus treatments - answer-vaccination
-antiviral medications
AZT - answerazidothymidine
development of resistance mutations - answeroccurs when bacteria evolve to evade the
effect of antibiotics through multiple different mechanisms
Parasites - answerAn organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving
nourishment at the expense of its host, usually without killing it
lineage - answerdirect descent from an ancestor; derivation
population thinking - answervariation among individuals in a population was the key to
understanding the nature of species
principle of plentitude - answeranything that could conceived exists and anything that's
good is perfect
how did Greek philosophers view the world - answerthey thought the world was static
and infinite age/everything had a purpose
Hogue
Why is evolution important? - answer If animals could not evolve we would not be able
to survive any better or grow as a species.
Facts - answer information that is true or demonstrable
scientific theory - answer a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of
observations
Hypothesis - answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
how do viruses work? - answer invade host cells and reproduce using the host's
intracellular machinery
Retrovirus - answerAn RNA virus that reproduces by transcribing its RNA into DNA and
then inserting the DNA into a cellular chromosome; an important class of cancer-
causing viruses.
virus treatments - answer-vaccination
-antiviral medications
AZT - answerazidothymidine
development of resistance mutations - answeroccurs when bacteria evolve to evade the
effect of antibiotics through multiple different mechanisms
Parasites - answerAn organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving
nourishment at the expense of its host, usually without killing it
lineage - answerdirect descent from an ancestor; derivation
population thinking - answervariation among individuals in a population was the key to
understanding the nature of species
principle of plentitude - answeranything that could conceived exists and anything that's
good is perfect
how did Greek philosophers view the world - answerthey thought the world was static
and infinite age/everything had a purpose
