Ch. 14 review

Question 1

What is the basis for one’s philosophy?

Answer 1

worldview

Question 2

Who is largely credited with the acceptance of evolution?

Answer 2

Charles Darwin

Question 3

During Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle he read a book by Charles Lyell, what is that book called?

Answer 3

Principles of Geology

Question 4

What is the idea that states the present is the only key to the past?

Answer 4

uniformitarianism

Question 5

Which book written by Darwin proposed his speculations about the origin and development of living things?

Answer 5

The Origin of Species

Question 5

What is the full name for the book “The Origin of Species”? (possible bonus question)

Answer 5

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Question 6

What’s the idea that the fittest and strongest members of each species were more likely to survive and reproduce than weaker, poorly adapted members?

Answer 6

natural selection

Question 7

Variety within kinds has definite __________.

Answer 7

boundaries

Question 8

What is the “science” that sought to improve humans by selectively breeding humans in order to produce a “master race”?

Answer 8

eugenics

Question 9

What refers to the changes within a particular kind of organism or variation within the gene pool of a population?

Answer 9

speciation/microevolution

Question 10

What is the hypothetical process by which new kinds of creatures emerge from existing kinds over time?

Answer 10

macroevolution

Question 11

How often has macroevolution been observed in nature?

Answer 11

never ✨

Question 12

What are the remains or impressions of plants, animals, and humans preserved in sedimentary rock?

Answer 12

fossils

Question 13

What is the study of fossils?

Answer 13

paleontology

Question 14

What are the supposed “fossils” that connect one kind of organism with another kind by a series of tiny steps?

Answer 14

transitional forms/missing links

Question 15

How many transitional forms have been found?

Answer 15

none ✨

Question 16

What is the theory which states that evolution occurs in sudden spurts, followed by long periods of time without any noticeable change?

Answer 16

punctuated equilibrium hypothesis

Question 17

What is the fossil record used by evolutionists that is a hypothetical arrangement of fossils and rocks?

Answer 17

geologic column

Question 18

Where can you find the geologic column?

Answer 18

nowhere ✨

Question 19

What are the fossils of a specific time period?

Answer 19

index fossils

Question 20

What is the sudden outburst complex organisms of great variety?

Answer 20

Cambrian explosion

Question 21

What is the logical fallacy of basing an argument on the very premise it attempts to prove?

Answer 21

circular reasoning

Question 22

What is the method evolutionists use to date rocks and fossils?

Answer 22

radiometric dating

Question 23

What was thought to be a transitional form from a fish to amphibian?

Answer 23

coelacanth

Question 24

What was thought to be the missing link between dinos and birds?

Answer 24

archaeopteryx

Question 25

Give at least one of the three faults of the horse series.

Answer 25

1. fossils are too far apart 2. the different generations were found in the same rock layers 3. the horses progressed from smaller to larger, but modern horses range in sizes

Question 26

In which book did Darwin falsely conclude that man came from animals?

Answer 26

The Descent of Man

Question 27

What is the main difference between man and apes?

Answer 27

Man was made in God's image.

Question 28

Which "man ancestor" was a hoax?

Answer 28

Piltdown man

Question 29

Which "man ancestor" was made from a pig tooth?

Answer 29

Nebraska man

Question 30

Which "man ancestor" was actually just an extinct orangutan?

Answer 30

Ramapithecus

Question 31

Which category was the Taung child put in?

Answer 31

Australopithecus africanus

Question 32

Which category was the fossil "Lucy" put in?

Answer 32

Australopithecus afarensis

Question 33

Which "man ancestor" has the nickname of "handy man"?

Answer 33

Homo habilis (think like they both start with H- Handy man and Habilis)

Question 34

Which "man ancestor" was found in a cave in France?

Answer 34

Cro Magnon man

Question 35

Which "man ancestor" was lost in WWII?

Answer 35

Peking man

Question 36

Which "man ancestor" was found in a cliff in Germany?

Answer 36

Neanderthal man

Question 37

What was the Neanderthal man later classified as?

Answer 37

homo erectus

Question 38

Essay Option: faulty transtions

Answer 38

1. shrew to bat (wings) 2. amphibian egg to reptile egg 3. reptile to bird (lungs)

Question 39

What is the science of similarities and differences in the body structure of organisms?

Answer 39

comparative anatomy

Question 40

Who founded comparative anatomy?

Answer 40

Georges Cuvier

Question 41

What is the science of similar organs that are also similar in internal structure?

Answer 41

homology

Question 42

What is the similarities among organisms designed for the same environment but different in internal structure?

Answer 42

analogy

Question 43

Who was known for his pocket watch theory (man must have a Creator) and disproved evolution?

Answer 43

William Paley

Question 44

What are random errors in an organism's genetic material?

Answer 44

mutations

Question 45

What is a common example of natural selection?

Answer 45

peppered moth

Question 46

What hypothesis states that an unborn baby, while developing in its mother’s womb, goes through various stages of development that resemble different animals?

Answer 46

embryonic recapitulation

Question 47

Who developed embryonic recapitulation?

Answer 47

Ernst Haeckel

Question 48

Both evolution and Christianity require _____.

Answer 48

faith