Honors Biology Final Exam Guide
Honors Biology Final Exam Guide (Gray) So this is the practice test. I tried to make a relatively even number of questions from each section. I may have skipped something involuntarily so I would study your notes and whatever else as well. There is also a quizlet called Honors Biology final on my account so you can use that as well. I believe it has every term we have covered second semester. GOOD LUCK. Just think, no more BE SPECIFIC’s and Why?’s!!!
1. Before the time of Charles Darwin, there was a common belief in the idea that species cannot change, some people called this creationism. The name of this belief was ________________.
2. What is the most recent iteration of the philosophy stated above and what is its definition?
3. Give one reason that scientists say that intelligent design is NOT a form of science.
4. Who was the first renowned scientist to question the supposed unchanging nature of species?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Charles Lyell
c. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
d. Theodosius Dobzhansky
5. Name two alternative names for Lamarckism.
a.
b.
6. Why was the initial version of evolution rejected?
7. While Charles Darwin was on his Beagle voyage, he read a book written by _______________. This book introduced a new idea called uniformitarianism which suggests that the changes in the __________________________________________.
8. Variations are defined as:
a. The distribution of species and ecosystems through geographic space and geologic time
b. The individual differences among members of the same species.
c. The process of slow and steady change in the earth accumulating into large changes over a long period of time.
d. The differences acquired by an organism that is necessary for their survival
9. Darwin collected this type of animal in the Galapagoes Islands off the coast of South America.
a. Finches
b. Sparrows
c. Parakeets
d. Swallows
10. What did Charles Darwin call his “key evolutionary force” also
1. Before the time of Charles Darwin, there was a common belief in the idea that species cannot change, some people called this creationism. The name of this belief was ________________.
2. What is the most recent iteration of the philosophy stated above and what is its definition?
3. Give one reason that scientists say that intelligent design is NOT a form of science.
4. Who was the first renowned scientist to question the supposed unchanging nature of species?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Charles Lyell
c. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
d. Theodosius Dobzhansky
5. Name two alternative names for Lamarckism.
a.
b.
6. Why was the initial version of evolution rejected?
7. While Charles Darwin was on his Beagle voyage, he read a book written by _______________. This book introduced a new idea called uniformitarianism which suggests that the changes in the __________________________________________.
8. Variations are defined as:
a. The distribution of species and ecosystems through geographic space and geologic time
b. The individual differences among members of the same species.
c. The process of slow and steady change in the earth accumulating into large changes over a long period of time.
d. The differences acquired by an organism that is necessary for their survival
9. Darwin collected this type of animal in the Galapagoes Islands off the coast of South America.
a. Finches
b. Sparrows
c. Parakeets
d. Swallows
10. What did Charles Darwin call his “key evolutionary force” also