BIO211H5 : Readings

rock that is under ______can be made to flow. a. high pressure, b.low pressure, or c. rock cant be made to flow.

which theory explains the origin of volcanoes, earthquakes, the midocean ridgeocean, trenches, and mtn ranges. a. gravity, b. platetechnonics, c. earth evolution, d. steller evoluton, e.uniformitarianism

what does NOT contribute to the uplifting of the himilays mtns? a,the himalays are lighter now due to erosion. b. intense heat andpressure miles under the earths surface c. presence of magma underthe mtn. d. none
of the above or e. all of the above.

which is Not evidence for motion of the earths crust? a. folds, b.fractures, c. earthquakes, d. isostasy or e. density

based on chapter 3 of sexualities in context,

Plante distinguishes between the techniques by which transgendered individuals achieve a gender and the way in which gender expression comes more naturally for others.

The natural sciences, as opposed to the social sciences, can achieve objectivity because they do not require interpretation of data and deal only with natural, given objects.

1. What prevailing views were directly challenged by the Principle of Uniformitarianism, first outlined by Charles Lyell in the Principles of Geology, which was published in 1830?

a. Earth is only a few thousand years old.

b. Species are fixed and unchanging.

c. Catastrophic events governed early Earth history and geologic processes operating in the past were fundamentally different from modern times.

d. A and C only

e. A, B and C

2.

Which of the following statements are consistent with both Lamarckian evolution and modern views of Darwinian evolution?

a. Use and disuse of body parts allows organisms to adapt to their environment

b. Characteristics acquired during the lifetime of an organism are transmitted to offspring.

c. Evolution is progressive and goal-oriented.

d. New species are the result of descent with modification.

e. Natural selection is a mechanism of evolutionary change.

3.

In the formula for determining a population’s genotype frequencies, the term 2pq is based on principles of Mendelian genetics, which demonstrate that

a. heterozygotes can be produced in two ways.

b. the population is doubling in number.

c. heterozygotes have two different alleles.

d. A and C only

e. A, B and C