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Free-Response Questions
Write the answers to these questions yourself on a piece of paper or a word document. You should write at least one paragraph for each and address all the aspacts of the prompt. The answers are at the end so you may assess yourself or have a teaher asses your answers.
- In several sentances, compare the works of Darwin to the works of E.O. Wilson. Use specific examples or evidence.
- Is the study of ants important to human understanding of the world? Support your answer with evidence.
- How might Wilson’s background in myrmecology and biodiversity studies have affected his development of the theory of sociobiology? Give specific examples and/or evidence.
- Why do you think sociobiology might have been so controversial? To what extent do you agree with it? Why or Why not?
- Recall the experiment conducted in the Florida Keys. Do you think this was the best way to carry out the experiment? Why or why not? Would you have changed anything had you done the experiment?
- When faced with opponents of his theories, how did Wilson respond? How would you have responded in the same situation? Do you think this was a good attitude? Why or why not?
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