Building Blocks in Life Science Chapter 9

Question 1

Hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in most vertebrates, is also found scattered through many invertebrate groups (earthworms, sea starts, etc.) in a ___ pattern that favors ___.

Answer 1

mosaic, creation

Question 2

Two groups of evolutionists (selectionists vs neutralists) have tried to use DNA similarities as “molecular clocks” to “map” branching lines of descent. Famous molecular biologist Michael Denton (neither creationst or evolutionist) says the two groups ___. Molecular homology, like structural similarities, seems to suggest traits distributed in ____ pattern supporting ___.

Answer 2

contradict each other; mosaic; creation