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Biosciences 2 Exam (Ch. 22-24)

Biosciences 2 Exam (Ch. 22-24)

Biology examn based on chapter 22 through 26 on the campbell-reese biology text 8 edition

Questions: 61 | Attempts: 674 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question 1
1) Catastrophism, meaning the regular occurrence of geological or meteorological disturbances (catastrophes), was Cuvier's attempt to explain the existence of

Evolution

Fossil record

Uniformitarianism

The origin of new species

Natural selection

Sample Question 2
Which of the events described below agrees with the idea of catastrophism?

The gradual uplift of the Himalayas by the collision of the Australian crustal plate with the Eurasian crustal plate

The formation of the Grand Canyon by the Colorado River over millions of years

The gradual deposition of sediments many kilometers thick on the floors of seas and oceans

The sudden demise of the dinosaurs, and various other groups, by the impact of a large extraterrestrial body with Earth

The development of the Galapagos Islands from underwater seamounts over millions of years

Sample Question 3
What was the prevailing notion prior to the time of Lyell and Darwin?

Earth is a few thousand years old, and populations are unchanging.

Earth is a few thousand years old, and populations gradually change

Earth is millions of years old, and populations rapidly change.

Earth is millions of years old, and populations are unchanging.

Earth is millions of years old, and populations gradually change.

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