Bio A final exam review Part 1

The work of Scientists usually begins with

• Drawing conclusions

• testing a hypothesis

• careful observations and asking questions

• creating experiments

Suppose that a scientific idea is well tested and can be used to make predictions in numerous new situations, but cannot explain one particular event. This idea is a

• theory that may need revision

• theories are the same as hypothesis

• hypothesis combine the idea of several theories to explain events.

• hypothesis are the dominant view among scientists.

The process which organisms keep everything inside their bodies constant is called?

• evolution

• metabolism

• photosynthesis

• homeostasis

Why do some scientist consider viruses nonliving organisms?

• they cannot be passed to other organisms

• they must use the cells of a host to reproduce

• they cannot move

• they are made up.

When we choose to breed dogs that have certain characteristics that we like, this is an example of

• artificial selection

• adaptations

• mutations

• natural selection

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The creation of a new species is called

• natural selections

• DNA

• behavioral isolations

• speciation

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When a harmless species has similar color or pattern to a poisonous species, increasing the harmless species' chances for survival is an example of:

• geographic isolation

• genetic equilibrium

• mimicry

• predation

This cheetah’s pattern helps it to be a successful hunter in the African savannah. The coat coloration is an example of

• geographic isolation

• camouflage

• mimicry

• predation

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Which isolation type would the mating behavior of frogs in the figure?

• geographic isolation

• bottleneck effect

• temporal isolation

• behavioral isolation

Which of the following ideas is supported by Darwin's observation of bird beaks in Finches in the Galapagos Islands

• different adaptations for their environment

• types of artifical selection

• acquired characteristics

• tendency towards perfection

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