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2.How do Christians know that the theory of biological evolution Is not true

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It contradicts the bible

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  1. What is biological evolution
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The change of one kind of organism into another new organism

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  1. What theory did Lamarck propose as a method of biological evolution
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The theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics where an organism acquires a trait because of his environment and then passes that trait on to its offspring (doesn’t work because the trait doesn’t change the actual genes of the organisms)

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  1. Lamarck used what as an example of his theory
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A giraffes long neck because of a drought that caused the giraffe to have to stretch his neck to reach leaves

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  1. Darwin returned from England to write his most famous work called?
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection

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  1. Darwin said natural selection allows what
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Descent with modification where newer organisms are the modified descendants of much older organisms.

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  1. What was Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries theory
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Mutation theory of evolution where mutations can produce the genetic changes needed for biological evolution.

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  1. Most scientists now realize that natural selection by itself does not explain how evolution could have taken place and so now many believe in what?
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Mutation-selection theory or neo Darwinism that combines de Vries’s mutation theory of evolution with Darwins theory of natural selection.

  • mutation supple new traits
  • organisms produce more offspring than can survive
  • natural selection allows only organisms with the best traits to survive
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  1. Many scientists support a theory that opposes evolution but are not quite creationists. What is this theory called?
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Intelligent design

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  1. What are the majority of mutations seen today?
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Loss of function mutations

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  1. What is punctuated equilibrium?
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The theory that biological evolution occurs very quickly at certain times but very slowly at other times

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  1. What do people who promote intelligent design believe.
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Life shows proof / evidence of a great design or creator

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  1. What term refers to the changing of organisms to become improved or more complex?
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Biological evolution

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  1. What must happen to mutations to make them useful for evolution?
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Must take place in germ cells in gametes

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  1. De Vries beliefs that the organism that is capable of evolving the most is one that can….
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Mutate easily

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16.What is inheritance of acquired characteristics?

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When something physical happens to a parent that they weren’t born with (injury resulting in a scar) and the child is then born with the same characteristic

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  1. What are three examples of Darwins theory of natural selection?
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1) more young are born than what can survive
2) individuals of a species compete for available resources
3) the individuals who are the strongest, smartest and the fittest will survive

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  1. Does natural selection only work for characteristics that already exist?
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Yes

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  1. What is germ mutation?
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Genetic change in gametes that can passed down to offspring

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  1. What is the theory of natural selection?
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The environment will kill off or destroy the weak organisms and only the strong will survive and live in the environment

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  1. What is descent with modification?
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Newer organisms are the modified descendants of much older organisms

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  1. What is the name of the islands where Darwin observed finches and tortoises?
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Galápagos Islands

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  1. How do evolutionists say fossils are formed?
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By many small catastrophes over millions of years

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  1. How do creationists believe fossils were formed
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By one major catastrophe like the great flood

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  1. How do dead organisms become fossils?
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Once dead the organism has to be buried rapidly otherwise it would decompose and no fossil could be formed.

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