In his article, T. Ryan Gregory distinguishes evolution as fact from theory and path. Gregory says evolution as "fact" means that
a. that descent with modification is supported by biogeography, homology of structure, vestigial organs, extinction, and recently, comparative genomics.
b. confirmation of descent with modification has been made through direct observation of evolution taking place in nature and in the lab.
c. the mechanism of variation and selection, the theory of how change occurs, does work to adapt species to changing environments.
d. we know all the historical particulars of what species descended from which previous species.
e. just a. and b.
e. just a. and b.
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Every state economy today is a blend of both:
a. free markets and formal markets. b. government control and informal markets. c. formal markets and black markets. d. informal markets and free markets. e. government control and free markets.
The most frequent cause of ethnogenesis is
a. when members of two or more ethnic groups fuse into a new ethnic group. b. when a portion of an existing ethnic group splits away and forms a new group. c. ethnic cleansing and ethnic conflict more generally. d. when a group has its land taken away from them.
One major difference between Canadian and American speech and some Asian cultures is
a. Direct versus indirectness. b. The use of free versus bound morphemes. c. Gendered speech versus non-gendered speech. d. One is synchronic, while the other is diachronic in nature. e. There are no differences.
The lexicon of a language is
A. a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings. B. the range of speech sounds. C. its symbolic and poetic value. D. the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language. E. its degree of complexity.