Exam 1

Question 1

What is evolution?

Answer 1

A change in species over time

Question 2

What is an example of not an evolution definition?

Answer 2

An anti-religion doctrine

Question 3

What is a hypothesis by definition?

Answer 3

• informed conjecture
• What one may think might be true given an observation, data is needed for this

Question 4

What is a theory by definition?

Answer 4

• A statement based on reasoning and evidence
• has never been proven wrong
• Continually withstands more testing and evidence

Question 5

What is an example for theory?

Answer 5

that gravity can never be proven to be wrong

Question 6

Absolute truth

Answer 6

• Unattainable goal of theory
• A theory could always find evidence to refute it

Question 7

What vegetable was revolutionized with the flowers and stems of the wild mustard?

Answer 7

Broccoli

Question 8

What vegetable was revolutionized with the flower clusters of the wild mustard?

Answer 8

Cauliflower

Question 9

What vegetable was revolutionized with the terminal bud of the wild mustard?

Answer 9

Cabbage

Question 10

What vegetable was revolutionized with the lateral buds of the wild mustard?

Answer 10

Brussel sprouts

Question 11

What vegetable was revolutionized with the leaves of the wild mustard?

Answer 11

Kale

Question 12

What vegetable was revolutionized with the stem of the wild mustard?

Answer 12

Kohlrabi

Question 13

Homology

Answer 13

Same bones, different structures. Common ancestors had bone and it was modified with time

Question 14

Early thinkers

Answer 14

• most western ideas started with greek philosophers
• there is little records of early eastern ideas on evolution

Question 15

Methodological naturalism

Answer 15

explaining the world based on natural phenomena

Question 16

Anaximander (610-546 BC)

Answer 16

Mechanistic view of earth and heavens

Question 17

Xerophanes (570-478 BC)

Answer 17

Recognized fossils

Question 18

Empedocles (zombie)

Answer 18

believed that body parts arose from the ground, parts of the earth wandered then assembled

Question 19

What did Empedocles provide?

Answer 19

why organisms are adapted to environment

Question 20

What did plato not recognize?

Answer 20

change in species over time

Question 21

What did plato believe everything was?

Answer 21

that everything was some distance away from being god like