Building Blocks in Life Science Chapters 9-12

Question 1

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 1

fearfully; wonderfully

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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 3

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 3

mosaic, creation

Question 4

makes T cells for immunity and may function in change from adolescent to adult

Answer 4

thymus gland

Question 5

makes the hormone melatonin to regulate sleep cycle

Answer 5

pineal gland

Question 6

attachment for muscles important for human posture (and for defecation)

Answer 6

tailbone

Question 7

squeezes out oil from glands in the skin

Answer 7

hair muscle

Question 8

first blood cells and vessels for developing baby

Answer 8

yolk sac

Question 9

How do the stages in metamorphosis from tadpole to frog provide evidence against evolution and for creation?

Answer 9

All the genes for making both the tadpole (water- breathing plant-eater) and adult frog (airbreathing insect eater) are present from the start in the egg cell — as well as all the genes for making the complex, multi-step change (metamorphosis) between the two stages — which provides evidence of creation.

Question 10

Can you offer a premise why God might choose an “empty yolk sac” as the source of the baby’s first blood cells?

Answer 10

The yolk is not needed (since the baby is nourished by his or her mother), but the baby needs blood and blood vessels to form the bone marrow and other organs that later make blood. The yolk sac (or “blood forming sac”) is already designed for that purpose in reptiles and birds, and it’s also designed to disappear after it serves its vital function, so it makes good sense to use it for the same purpose in mammals and man — where it also testifies to One Creator behind all these life forms!

Question 11

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

Answer 11

46 (23 pairs); 23

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

form palatine tonsils, middle ear canals, thymus and parathyroid glands

Answer 13

gill pouches

Question 14

part of the immune system and helps people to make antibodies from B cells

Answer 14

appendix

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Carolus Linnaeus (or Karl von Linne)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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 17

help fight germs to prevent “sore throat”

Answer 17

tonsils