Anthro 1 Spring 2024 Midterm 1 Study Guide

What was the key assumption of the Biblical Paradigm regarding the fixity of life?

What was the key discovery that led to a new understanding of the place of humans in nature?

What was the key contribution of Carolus Linnaeus to the classification of living organisms?

What was the key aspect of Malthus's beliefs regarding population growth?

What was the key contribution of Charles Lyell to the understanding of the earth's geological history?

What was the key aspect of Georges Cuvier's theory of catastrophism?

Who proved that humans were part of the 'old earth' and that life was very different on it?

What was the key belief behind the Mechanistic Universe principle?

Which scientist believed that all warm-blooded animals arose from a single living filament?

What was the key idea behind Lamarck's theory of evolution?

What was the main contribution of the Grants' work on the Galapagos finches?

What was one of Darwin's main problems with his own idea of evolution?

How did Mendelian genetics help solve one of Darwin's problems with his theory of evolution?

What was the main ethical issue surrounding early anthropological practices?

Which scientist debunked the idea of race as a biologically-valid construct?

What is the key difference between macroevolution and microevolution?

What is the primary focus of the subfield of Paleoanthropology?

Which step in the scientific method involves making an educated guess about the relationship between variables?

What is the primary focus of the subfield of Linguistic Anthropology?

Which subfield of Anthropology is primarily concerned with studying human cultural adaptation?

What is the primary characteristic that distinguishes the evolutionary paradigm from the biblical paradigm?

What is the primary purpose of the peer-review process in the scientific method?

What is the main purpose of the mitotic cell cycle?

Which of the following is NOT a phase of the mitotic cell cycle?

What is the primary function of DNA replication during the cell cycle?

Which of the following is a type of genetic mutation?

What is the main difference between mitosis and meiosis?

Which of the following is an example of a non-Mendelian inheritance pattern?

What is the fundamental principle that Gregor Mendel discovered regarding the nature of inheritance?

If a parent's genotype is Aa for a particular trait, what proportion of their gametes will carry the allele A?

In a dihybrid cross involving the genotype AaBb, what are the possible gamete types produced?

In Mendel's experiments with pea plants, what was the phenotypic ratio observed in the F2 generation for the trait of seed color?

What term is used to describe a genotype where both alleles are the same?

Which of the following traits is an example of an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a point mutation?

What is the term used to describe all the alleles present in a population?

Which of the following is a random evolutionary process?

What is the term used to describe the introduction of new genetic variation into a population through migration?

What is the term used to describe a random event that drastically reduces the genetic diversity of a population?

Which of the following is a non-random evolutionary process?

What is the term used to describe the process by which new genetic combinations are produced through the shuffling of alleles during meiosis?

What is the backbone of DNA made up of?

Which nucleotide pair forms two hydrogen bonds with each other in DNA?

What is the function of RNA polymerase in protein synthesis?

Which statement about DNA replication is true?

What is the role of tRNA in protein synthesis?

What is the outcome of post-transcriptional processing before mRNA enters the cytoplasm?

Which statement best describes the function of introns in DNA?