Scientists' paradigms

Question 1

Which major scientific discovery laid the foundation for using molecular data in evolutionary biology?

Accepted Answer

Discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick

Question 2

What were Aristotle’s students called

Accepted Answer

The wanderers

Question 3

Which plant did Gregor Mendel use for his experiments on heredity?

Accepted Answer

pea plant

Question 4

What did Mendel call the traits that appeared in the first generation after a cross

Accepted Answer

Dominant traits.

Question 5

Woese used a new 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing technique to study the evolutionary relationships between microorganisms

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What are Aristotle's four causes

Accepted Answer

material, formal, efficient, final

Question 7

What is taxonomy ?

Accepted Answer

science of classification for different types of related things

Question 8

What are Aristotle's four causes

Accepted Answer

material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, final cause

Question 9

Before the molecular clock model, how did scientists primarily determine evolutionary relationships?

Accepted Answer

by comparing physical traits

Question 10

What is the name of the category that Carl Woese discovered?

Accepted Answer

d) Archea

Question 11

What is Aristotle's theory of evolution?

Accepted Answer

species existed in a hierarchical order : simplest /most complex

Question 12

What is the second law Mendel formulated regarding the transmission of genetic traits

Accepted Answer

The Law of Independent Assortment

Question 13

What are the three classes of friendship according to Aristotle?

Accepted Answer

fun friendship, strategic friendship and true friendship

Question 14

Carl Woese said "The time has come for biology to enter the nonlinear world.”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Carl Von linné published his theory in

Accepted Answer

Systema Naturae

Question 16

Which century did Carl Von Linné belong to

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 17

BONUS QUESTION : Leeuwenhoeck's theory is called

Accepted Answer

theory of preformation

Question 18

What was Cuvier’s new model

Accepted Answer

comparative anatomy and paleontology

Question 19

Aristotle's system was

Accepted Answer

the binary system

Question 20

Give an example Darwin used to prove his theory.

Accepted Answer

biogeography

Question 21

What are the changes after Carl Woese?

Accepted Answer

the system for classifying living organisms.

Question 22

Darwin's theory combines with Christianity

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Why was Darwin in trouble after releasing his theory

Accepted Answer

religion

Question 24

Carl von Linne's system is

Accepted Answer

the binomial nomenclature

Question 25

Cuvier thought that extinction was due to natural catastrophes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Mendel studied each trait at once

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

In which scientific field is Mendel now considered the founder

Accepted Answer

Genetics

Question 28

Aristotle's theory combine with christianity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What concept did Zuckerkandl and Linus Pauling introduce in evolutionary biology

Accepted Answer

molecular clock

Question 30

Before the molecular clock model, how did scientists primarily determine evolutionary relationships?

Accepted Answer

By observing behavioral patterns

Question 31

What country was Cuvier from?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 32

According to Darwin, what are the 2 scales of evolution?

Accepted Answer

microevolution and macroevolution

Scientists' paradigms

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Scientists' paradigms

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