Questions and Answers
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1.What change to the concept of macroevolution did Neo-Darwinism make?
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2.What age-old concept was Darwin able to dispel with his research?
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3.How would an adherent to punctuated equilibrium explain the lack of intermediate links in the fossil record?
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4.Does the study of structural homology provide evidence for or against macroevolution? Why?
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5.Did Darwin ever recant his scientific beliefs?
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6.The amino acid sequences in the protein called cytochrome C are studied for many different organisms. The sequences are all compared to that of a horse. According to the macroevolution hypothesis, which should be more similar to the cytochrome C of a horse: the cytochrome C of a fish, the cytochrome C of a giraffe, or the cytochrome C of a bacterium?
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7.If the data discussed in problem #6 were actually analyzed, would the result be as predicted by the macroevolution hypothesis?
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8.Give two examples of mutualism in creation.
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9.What is the principal means by which oxygen is taken from the air?
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10.What is the principal means by which oxygen is restored to the air?
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12.Is global warming occurring now?
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13.Are the vast majority of animals vertebrates or invertebrates?
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14.How do sponges get their prey?
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15.What roles do amebocytes play in the life of a sponge?
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16.Why do cnidarians not need respiratory or excretory systems?
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17.If a jellyfish reproduces sexually, what form is it in?
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18.What will happen to an earthworm if its cuticle gets dry?
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19.If a flatworm has complex nervous and digestive systems, is it most likely free-living or parasitic?
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20.Name the five common characteristics among the arthropods.
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21.What happens when a crayfish loses a limb?
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22.Why do arthropods molt?
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23.What five characteristics set arachnids apart from the other arthropods?
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24.What four characteristics set insects apart from the other arthropods?
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25.Why don’t insects have respiratory systems?
