Building Blocks in Life Science Chapters 13-16

Question 1

provides the motion that destroys structure and can bring death

Answer 1

water

Question 2

The Bible says living things are made of (not by) “dust,” simple “earthly” substances like the hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus that make up over 95 percent of “living matter.” Write the symbols for these five kinds of atoms: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____.

Answer 2

H, O, N, C, P

Question 3

Long ago, Miller accepted the evidence that his spark chamber experiment (did/did not) support chemical evolution. He tried other starting materials and conditions: these also seemed to (prevent/ promote) belief that chemicals produced life.

Answer 3

did not; prevent

Question 4

used as a code to “tell” the cell how to make proteins, including enzymes

Answer 4

DNA

Question 5

large proteins with “active sites” that hold molecules with matching shapes for speedy reaction

Answer 5

enzymes

Question 6

The popular slogan “Evolution is science; creation is faith” is (obviously the absolute truth/nearly exactly the opposite of the truth) and is meant to (start/stop) discussion of scientific evidence.

Answer 6

nearly exactly opposite of the truth; stop

Question 7

pass hereditary instructions from one generation to the next

Answer 7

DNA

Question 8

provide energy to make “build up” reactions go faster than “break down”

Answer 8

ATP

Question 9

consist of proteins in a phospholipid bilayer

Answer 9

membranes

Question 10

select which molecules get an “energy boost”

Answer 10

enzymes

Question 11

provides the motion to molecules that make life possible

Answer 11

water

Question 12

regulate what gets in and out of the cell

Answer 12

membranes

Question 13

Without seeing either the creator or the creative act, is there any way a scientist could tell whether an object were produced by time and chance or plan and purpose? Explain.

Answer 13

What does it take to recognize evidence of creation? Just the ordinary tools of science: logic and observation. Even when we don’t know who or what the creative agent is, there are cases where “creation” is simply the most logical inference from our scientific observations. For example: A pebble and an arrowhead can be made of the same material. Yet, the rock will show signs of weathering and processes over time. The arrowhead is clearly something deliberately made.