Building Blocks in Life Science Chapters 9-11

Question 1

God may have “mixed and matched” various complex and complete traits with other complex and complete traits in ways that would:

Answer 1

rule out evolutionary branching patterns of descent, reject concepts of both no gods and many gods, make sure His “eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made”

Question 2

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 2

mosaic, creation

Question 3

If perfect dinosaur DNA were found, would that be enough to clone a dinosaur? Explain why or why not.

Answer 3

No. Cloning requires DNA plus the instructions in the right kind of egg cell (and often a mother for the egg cell) to“read”the DNA instructions in the right order for proper development.

Question 4

Arrange the seven taxonomic ranks in order from largest to smallest group:

Answer 4

kingdom, phylum (division), class, order, family, genus, species

Question 5

How many chromosomes are in most human cells? How many are found in a reproductive cell (egg or sperm)?

Answer 5

46 (23 pairs); 23

Question 6

What Christian creationist biologist of the 1700s gave us our binomial system of scientific naming as well as our system of taxonomic ranks?

Answer 6

Carolus Linnaeus (or Karl von Linne)

Question 7

The best summary of life before birth was written 3,000 years ago by the shepherd-warrior King David: “I will praise thee, for I am ___ and ___ made” (Psalm 139:14; KJV).

Answer 7

fearfully; wonderfully