GEOSCI 110 FINAL EXAM || 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Linnaeus is credited for developing a hierarchical classification scheme for living things. Which
of the following is correctly ordered from MOST to LEAST inclusive? correct answers
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species
Natural selection was not the first explanation for changes in life on earth. The scala naturae also
provided a framework for explaining changes in organisms over time. What was the nature of
this framework? correct answers It provided a hypothetical linear order for a natural progression
in life toward an optimum.
What did Steno do to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that some "fossils" were the remains of
once living organisms? correct answers He dissected a shark and compared the teeth to
"glossopetrae."
Prior to the Renaissance, religion helped improve the pace of scientific discovery by
___________, until the Scientific Revolution ____________. correct answers motivating the
study of nature,
shifted emphasis to empirical observation
The two domains that contain all prokaryotic life are the __________. (check one or more boxes
to complete the statement) correct answers Archaea, Bacteria
For what concept/discovery is Bishop Ussher known? correct answers Biblical chronological age
of the Earth
A scientific theory ____________. correct answers explains a wide range of facts that may have
at first been treated separately, generates hypotheses that can be tested by observation, and has
been subject to rigorous independent tests and has withstood them
Which organism is most likely to be preserved in the fossil record? correct answers Clam, which
has two mineralized shells
, What caused Linnaeus to abandon the notion that species are "fixed in nature?" correct answers
Different species can be crossed to make new hybrid morphologies, plants can be easily
hybridized to make new varieties, and some species have individuals with variations that grade
into one another.
What technological advance and outcome was key to proving, beyond all reasonable doubt, that
the Earth is not the center of our solar system? correct answers The telescope and the discovery
of Jupiter's moons.
Homologous characters ______________. correct answers all of the above
This class is called Evolution and Extinction. However, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
these two phenomena were considered by many scientists to be mutually exclusive. Why?
correct answers The possibility of evolutionary change was thought to deny the reality of
extinction.
What type of uniformitarianism is most applicable over long periods of time? correct answers
Physical laws remain constant over time.
For what concept/discovery is Galileo Galilei known? correct answers satellites (moons) of
Jupiter
The sedimentary cycle, in combination with uniformitarianism, can be used to conclude that
_______. correct answers the earth must be very old.
Neoplatonism and Aristolelianism were important concepts because they __________. correct
answers provided explanations for fossils that did not require them to have once been free-living
things
For what concept/discovery is James Hutton known? correct answers importance of angular
unconformities
Linnaeus is credited for developing a hierarchical classification scheme for living things. Which
of the following is correctly ordered from MOST to LEAST inclusive? correct answers
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species
Natural selection was not the first explanation for changes in life on earth. The scala naturae also
provided a framework for explaining changes in organisms over time. What was the nature of
this framework? correct answers It provided a hypothetical linear order for a natural progression
in life toward an optimum.
What did Steno do to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that some "fossils" were the remains of
once living organisms? correct answers He dissected a shark and compared the teeth to
"glossopetrae."
Prior to the Renaissance, religion helped improve the pace of scientific discovery by
___________, until the Scientific Revolution ____________. correct answers motivating the
study of nature,
shifted emphasis to empirical observation
The two domains that contain all prokaryotic life are the __________. (check one or more boxes
to complete the statement) correct answers Archaea, Bacteria
For what concept/discovery is Bishop Ussher known? correct answers Biblical chronological age
of the Earth
A scientific theory ____________. correct answers explains a wide range of facts that may have
at first been treated separately, generates hypotheses that can be tested by observation, and has
been subject to rigorous independent tests and has withstood them
Which organism is most likely to be preserved in the fossil record? correct answers Clam, which
has two mineralized shells
, What caused Linnaeus to abandon the notion that species are "fixed in nature?" correct answers
Different species can be crossed to make new hybrid morphologies, plants can be easily
hybridized to make new varieties, and some species have individuals with variations that grade
into one another.
What technological advance and outcome was key to proving, beyond all reasonable doubt, that
the Earth is not the center of our solar system? correct answers The telescope and the discovery
of Jupiter's moons.
Homologous characters ______________. correct answers all of the above
This class is called Evolution and Extinction. However, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
these two phenomena were considered by many scientists to be mutually exclusive. Why?
correct answers The possibility of evolutionary change was thought to deny the reality of
extinction.
What type of uniformitarianism is most applicable over long periods of time? correct answers
Physical laws remain constant over time.
For what concept/discovery is Galileo Galilei known? correct answers satellites (moons) of
Jupiter
The sedimentary cycle, in combination with uniformitarianism, can be used to conclude that
_______. correct answers the earth must be very old.
Neoplatonism and Aristolelianism were important concepts because they __________. correct
answers provided explanations for fossils that did not require them to have once been free-living
things
For what concept/discovery is James Hutton known? correct answers importance of angular
unconformities
