Biology 1m03 midterm1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Biology 1M03 Midterm1 Exam Questions And Answers characteristics of living organisms - ANS - made up of 1 or more cells - processes and carries info - reproduces/replicates - evolves and changes - uses energy cell theory - ANS all organisms are made of cells and cells from pre-existing cells Louis Pasteur experiment - ANS tested growth in flasks of broth; no growth in the flask where the top was sealed Darwin & Wallace's theory of evolution - ANS all species are rel...

Biology 1M03 Midterm1 Exam Questions And Answers characteristics of living organisms - ANS - made up of 1 or more cells - processes and carries info - reproduces/replicates - evolves and changes - uses energy cell theory - ANS all organisms are made of cells and cells from pre-existing cells Louis Pasteur experiment - ANS tested growth in flasks of broth; no growth in the flask where the top was sealed Darwin & Wallace's theory of evolution - ANS all species are re...

change from gen to gen via selection of heritable traits evidence for evolution - Answer - fossils - extinction - transitional forms - vestigial traits why is the myth about evolution being goal oriented false? - Answer species do not adapt because they "want" or "need" traits; they adapt them because an ancestor with that triat just so happened to reproduce sooner or more successfully than others why is the myth that evolution is a hierachy false? - Answer evolution is more a ne...