Untitled Document (3) PDF - Biology Exam Questions

What is a fossil? Why is the fossil record incomplete? What does the Law of Superposition state? What are index fossils and how are they used? How can the age of a fossil be determined? What is plate tectonics? What evidence supports the theory that continents were once connected? What is background...

What is a fossil? Why is the fossil record incomplete? What does the Law of Superposition state? What are index fossils and how are they used? How can the age of a fossil be determined? What is plate tectonics? What evidence supports the theory that continents were once connected? What is background extinction? What is a mass extinction? What is Archaeopteryx, and why is it important in the study of evolution? What gases were present in the early Earth's atmosphere, and how did they contribute to life? What does the endosymbiotic theory propose? Who was Charles Darwin, and what is his theory of evolution? What are the environmental requirements for natural selection? What are homologous structures, and how do they provide evidence for evolution? What are analogous structures, and how are they different from homologous structures? What is a vestigial structure, and can you give an example? How is a species defined? Can you provide an example of natural selection in action? How does the long bill of a hummingbird illustrate adaptation? What makes wolves with stronger hunting abilities and better stamina more fit for survival? What is adaptive radiation? What is stabilizing selection, and how does it affect a population? What is disruptive selection, and what can it lead to in a population? Why is genotype and phenotype variety important for a population’s survival? What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation, and what does it calculate? What does it mean for a population to be in genetic equilibrium?