Building Blocks in Life Science Chapters 1-2

Question 1

flood conditions are ideal for forming fossils

Answer 1

catastrophe

Question 2

many defects and diseases result from chance changes in heredity called mutations

Answer 2

corruption

Question 3

Only a few members of a species with a large gene pool survive a major disaster (e.g. animals aboard the ark)

Answer 3

genetic bottleneck

Question 4

Random changes in genes that often change normal genes into alleles producing defects or disease (e.g. sickle cell hemoglobin)

Answer 4

mutations

Question 5

Members of a kind separating into distinctive subtypes as they “multiply and fill” earth’s environmental diversity (e.g. generalized bears leaving the Ark becoming black, brown, grizzly, and polar bears).

Answer 5

specialization

Question 6

Barriers or preferences in the choice of a mate separate some parts of a gene pool from others (e.g. culture and language separates humans; size and temperament separate dogs)

Answer 6

reproductive isolation

Question 7

land animals saved on the Ark and the immune system healing deadly infections both illustrate God’s deliverance from death and disaster.

Answer 7

Christ

Question 8

Why is it important for Christians to relate God’s world and God’s Word – science and Scripture?

Answer 8

It builds faith and trust in Scripture (the Bible), and it helps believers use the wonders of science to introduce others to the wonders of new life in Christ revealed in God’s Word.

Question 9

several small groups separate from a large population, each with percentages of alleless different from those in the original gene pool (e.g. language groups moving away from the Tower of Babel)

Answer 9

genetic drift/founder effect

Question 10

adaptions are design features that suit each organism for its special role in the web of life

Answer 10

creation