BIO 401. Life at the Edge: Assignment 1.

BIO 401. Life at the Edge: The Physiological Ecology of Extreme Environments. Fall 2003

Dr. Bruce W. Grant and Dr. Itzick Vatnick
Department of Biology, Widener University, Chester, PA, 19013
BWG office Loveland Hall # 9, ext. 4017, IV office Kirkbride # 516, ext. 4245
grant@pop1.science.widener.edu and vatnick@pop1.science.widener.edu

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Fall 2003, Biology401: Assignment #1 - Some Information About You.

Task: Please answer the questions in the box below, and send me your responses by email.
Assessment:

+10 points if completed by 9 September 2003,

+5 points if completed 9 September - 1 October 2003,

Note: to get credit, you must use the form below.

Detailed Instructions:
Copy the entire text in the box below from this page into a word processor (such as MS-Word).

Answer each of these questions directly in the word processor.

Spell check and proof read your answers.

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Biology401: Assignment 1 - Some Information About You

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preferred email address:

preferred phone number:

class of (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, other):

major:

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permanent address:

Question 1. Please briefly explain your current career plans for "after" Widener. Do your plans presently include: medical school?, other biomed grad school?, graduate school in biology or environmental science?, work in biotech?, work in some area of environmental science? etc.?

Question 2. Please list previous research experiences at Widener and before coming to Widener. What did you do, when, for how long, with whom, and where did you present your results?

Question 3. Please list any known allergies or other things that an emergency medical technician should know if and when such attention is needed (such as if you were injured while doing field or lab work for this course).

Question 4. As part of our research project in evaluating this course, I will be collecting data from you with assignments such as this one. If you agree to give me your consent to use your data in my research (such as your responses to the questions on this FORM), please write the phrase "I consent to be a part of the research to evaluate this course" in the line below. Your responses will be held in confidence (i.e. your name will not be published in association with any specific comment or information you give me).

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Please answer the next few questions from what you recall from last and previous years WITHOUT STOPPING TO LOOK UP ANYTHING FROM YOUR NOTES, TEXT, ETC.!!! What do you remember?

Question 5. Please briefly explain the difference between evolution and natural selection.

Question 6. Exactly what is at equilibrium in genetics according to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

Question 7. Some believe that evolution is the "process of progressively improving" a species, whereas others maintain that this is a misconception. What are some of the supporting arguments for these two views, and do you feel that the evidence weighs heavily one way or the other?

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Please send comments or suggestions to Bruce W. Grant: grant@pop1.science.widener.edu.