Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Midterm Exam

Write your answers using your own words. Intermediate paper will do.
To be submitted on September 3, 2013

  1. Cite 3 definitions of biological science. Why is it significant to include it in your curriculum?
  2. Analyze the timeline of biology presented and discussed previously. What do you think are the five (5) major inventions or discoveries of all time? Prove your point.
  3. Name five (5) approaches/disciplines that are related to biology and make connections why you consider them as related to biology.
  4. How can you operationally define “life”?
  5. Discuss the differences of the form and structure between plants and animals.
  6.  What are the chemical elements that form most of living biological matter?
  7.  Living things are made of organic and inorganic substances. According to the complexity of their molecules how can each of those substances be classified?
  8.  What is the spontaneous generation hypothesis?
  9.  How did the experiments of Redi and Pasteur refute the hypothesis of spontaneous generation?
  10. What is the problem that the theory of evolution and its rival theories try to solve?
  11.  What is the main theory opposed to evolution?
  12. What is lamarckism?
  13. Who was Charles Darwin?
  14. What are the fundamental similarities and differences between lamarckism and darwinism?
  15.  How can the fact that fishes and dolphins have similar organs and similar general shape be explained?


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