BIOL 101 quiz 7 solutions complete answers

BIOL 101 quiz 7 solutions complete answers 

 

· Question 1

 

 
 
 
In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 2

 

 
 
 
Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 5

 

 
 
 
Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 6

 

 
 
 
Natural selection is an “expensive” process. This is true because
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 7

 

 
 
 
Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 8

 

 
 
 
Directional selection
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 9

 

 
 
 
Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 10

 

 
 
 
The genome of Mycoplasma genitalium is about _______ genes in size.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 11

 

 
 
 
Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 12

 

 
 
 
To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 13

 

 
 
 
One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 14

 

 
 
 
Preening behavior enables a bird to continue to fly successfully by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 15

 

 
 
 
The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 16

 

 
 
 
Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 17

 

 
 
 
Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down-like feather into a primary flight feather.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 18

 

 
 
 
Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 19

 

 
 
 
Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 20

 

 
 
 
The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 23

 

 
 
 
Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 24

 

 
 
 
Charles Darwin’s view of the species was
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·         Question 25

 

 
 
 
One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Question 3

One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 4

Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:

Question 5

Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 6

Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as

Question 7

Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 8

Stabilizing selection

Question 9

One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 10

Preening behavior enables a bird to continue to fly successfully by

Question 11

The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

Question 12

In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 13

The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 14

The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 15

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 16

Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 17

Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 18

In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as

Question 19

Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 20

Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a downlike feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 21

Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that

Question 22

The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 25

Charles Darwin’s view of the species was

 

Question 1

Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 2

Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 5

The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as

Question 6

Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that

Question 7

The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

Question 8

Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 9

One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 10

Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that

Question 11

One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 12

Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 13

To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 14

One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 15

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 16

Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 17

One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for amino acids is that

Question 18

Which stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record appears least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?

Question 19

The genome of Mycoplasma genitalium is about _______ genes in size.

Question 20

Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as

Question 21

One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 22

The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 23

Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a downlike feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 24

In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as

 

Question 1

In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 2

Stabilizing selection

Question 3

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 4

Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 7

Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 8

One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 9

“Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that

Question 10

Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 11

Directional selection has been used to

Question 12

One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for amino acids is that

Question 13

Which stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record appears least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?

Question 14

To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 15

Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:

Question 16

One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 17

One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 18

Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of

Question 19

Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that

Question 20

In physical size, Mycoplasma genitalium is

Question 21

The genome of Mycoplasma genitalium is about _______ genes in size.

Question 22

The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

Question 23

Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down‑like feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 24

The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 25

Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

 

Question 1 “Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that

Question 2 Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 3 One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 4 Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that

Question 5 One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 6 The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as

Question 9 Natural selection is an “expensive” process. This is true because

Question 10 Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 11 One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that

Question 12 Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 13 Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that

Question 14 The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 15 Directional selection

Question 16 Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 17 One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 18 Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 19 Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 20 Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 21 Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that

Question 22 Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down­like feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 23 The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 24 Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 25 The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

 

Question 1

One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 2

Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 3

In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as

Question 4

Darwin interpreted his observations of nature to mean that

Question 5

Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 6

To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation

Question 7

One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 8

To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 11

Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 12

“Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that

Question 13

Stabilizing selection

Question 14

One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 15

Which of the following represents three classes of mutations, each of which affects the evolutionary process differently?

Question 16

In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 17

The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 18

The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 19

Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 20

The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 21

Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a downlike feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 22

The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 23

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes. 

Question 24

Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 25

The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as

 

Question 1

Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 2

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 3

The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 4

In physical size, Mycoplasma genitalium is

Question 5

The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as

Question 6

One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for amino acids is that

Question 7

Natural selection is an “expensive” process. This is true because

Question 8

Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of

Question 9

The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 10

Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that

Question 13

Directional selection has been used to

Question 14

Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 15

In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 16

The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

Question 17

One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 18

Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that

Question 19

Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 20

During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?

Question 21

Stabilizing selection

Question 22

Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 23

The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 24

Which stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record appears least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?

Question 25

Directional selection

 

Question 1

The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

Question 2

To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation

Question 3

Directional selection

Question 4

The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 5

Natural selection is an “expensive” process. This is true because

Question 6

Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 7

One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 8

The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 9

The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 10

Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 11

Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 12

In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 15

One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that

Question 16

One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 17

Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that

Question 18

Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of

Question 19

Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 20

To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 21

Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 22

Charles Darwin’s view of the species was

Question 23

Which stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record appears least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?

Question 24

During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?

Question 25

In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as

 

Question 1 One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that

Question 2 Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 3 Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 4 Directional selection

Question 5 The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 6 The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by

Question 7 The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if

Question 8 Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 9 One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 10 Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:

Question 11 Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 12 Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 13 To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 14 One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 17 To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation

Question 18 “Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that

Question 19 Natural selection is an “expensive” process. This is true because

Question 20 Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 21 Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as

Question 22 Both the theist and the naturalist come to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 23 Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of

Question 24 During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?

Question 25 Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down­like feather into a primary flight feather.

 

Question 1 The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as

Question 2 In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.

Question 3 The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 4 Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that

Question 5 One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that

Question 6 Mycoplasma genitalium is well known for the _________ infections it causes.

Question 7 In physical size, Mycoplasma genitalium is

Question 8 Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 9 Directional selection has been used to

Question 10 Stabilizing selection

Question 11 Which of the following is a basic evolutionary advance needed to convert a down­like feather into a primary flight feather.

Question 12 Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?

Question 13 Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 14 One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 15 One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 16 Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 19 Charles Darwin’s view of the species was

Question 20 Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that

Question 21 One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it

Question 22 Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as

Question 23 Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 24 The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because

Question 25 The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with time, whereas the term ________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures and organisms.

 

Question 1 In physical size, Mycoplasma genitalium is

Question 2 Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?

Question 3 During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?

Question 4 One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to

Question 5 Sometimes a force within the environment reduces the reproductive ability of one variety of individual in a species compared to that of another variety. This force is termed

Question 6 Stabilizing selection

Question 7 Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that

Question 8 Francis Crick’s theory of directed panspermia states that

Question 9 Which of the following is a component structure of a primary flight feather?

Question 10 One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for amino acids is that

Question 11 One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight evolved in

Question 12 One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA

Question 13 Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:

Question 14 Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?

Question 15 To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation

Question 16 Charles Darwin’s view of the species was

Question 17 Could RNA have been the original site of information storage in the primitive cell? A difficult problem with this possibility is that

Question 18 The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to

Question 21 Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of

Question 22 In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as

Question 23 To a design theorist a beneficial mutation

Question 24 Directional selection

Question 25 Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as