Building Blocks in Life Science Chapters 13-18

Question 1

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

Answer 1

DNA

Question 2

There must be a God; the odds of getting life by chance is like a tornado going through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

Answer 2

Hoyle

Question 3

select which molecules get an “energy boost”

Answer 3

enzymes

Question 4

DNA bases have interlocking shapes forming base pairs G-C and __-__. In RNA, U pairs like T, so interlocking DNA-RNA bases are G-C and __-__. DNA makes “messenger RNA” (mRNA) by DNA-RNA base-pairing, so the DNA for disease-causing HBS (GGACATCTT) would make mRNA sequence _____.

Answer 4

A-T; A-U; CCUGUAGAA

Question 5

consist of proteins in a phospholipid bilayer

Answer 5

membranes

Question 6

pass hereditary instructions from one generation to the next

Answer 6

DNA

Question 7

Chemical evolution on earth is impossible; life was seeded here from outer space.

Answer 7

Crick

Question 8

regulate what gets in and out of the cell

Answer 8

membranes

Question 9

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 9

nearly exactly opposite of the truth; stop

Question 10

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

Answer 10

enzymes

Question 11

The inference to design is based on a ruthlessly consistent application of logic; Paley was right—design implies a Designer.

Answer 11

Denton

Question 12

provides the motion to molecules that make life possible

Answer 12

water

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.

Question 14

Evolution became a scientific religion, and many scientists will bend their observations to fit with it.

Answer 14

Lipson

Question 15

provides the motion that destroys structure and can bring death

Answer 15

water

Question 16

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

Answer 16

ATP

Question 17

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 17

H, O, N, C, P

Question 18

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 18

did not; prevent

Question 19

I don’t believe there’s any evidence of creation, but if there were, the “creator” would be aliens, not God.

Answer 19

Dawkins