Chapter 8 Test

Question 1

The verse “All things were made by him and without was not anything made that was made” John 1:3 most directly supports

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Biblical creationism

Question 2

The term global flood means that a flood of water

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covered the entire earth

Question 3

Where can you fin da complete and uninterrupted fossil record?

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nowhere

Question 4

Most of the mutations observed today are

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loss of function mutations

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The theory that biological evolution occurs very rapidly at certain times but very slowly at other times

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punctuated equilibrium

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People who promote the theory of intelligent design believe

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that life shows evidence of design

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A genealogy is

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a family tree that lists who had whom as offspring

Question 8

Used generally, the term biological evolution refers to

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the changing of organisms to become improved or more complex

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The person most noted for the evolutionary theory of mutations is

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De Vries

Question 10

Darwin’s theory of natural selection includes

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• more young are produced than can remain alive
• Individuals in a species compete with each other for available resources
• The individuals with the best characteristics to obtain the resources they need will survive

Question 11

The basic difference between creationists and evolutionists

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Creationists accept the Bible as truth, while evolutionists reject the Bible

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Changes that help an organism survive

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Adaptations

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A traits that is caused by an organism’s environment. The organism was not born with it.

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Inheritance of acquired characteristics

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This is how God created plants and animals

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He spoke them into existence

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This is how God created man

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He formed him and breathed life into him

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They believe that dinosaurs became extinct before modern humans evolved

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Evolutionary biologists

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To be useful for evolution, mutations must occur in ______ _______

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germ cells

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The idea that newer organisms are the modified descendants of much older organisms

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Descent with modification

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The change of one kind of organism into another kind of organism over many generations

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Biological evolution

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Natural selection works only for characteristics already in ________

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existence

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Family trees that indicate how organisms supposedly evolved from common ancestors are called

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evolutionary family tree

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The forming of new species

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speciation

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The belief that the physical universe was created by God

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biblical creationism

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The belief that the physical universe was developed by chance

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evolutionism

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The belief that each day of Creation was 24 hours long

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literal view

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The belief that each day of Creation was a long period of time, maybe thousands of years

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long-day theory

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The belief that there were two separate creations by God

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gap theory

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The belief that god created new groups of species at widely spaced intervals

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progressive creationism

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A genetic change that can be passed down to offspring

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germ mutation

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The idea that the environment selects trains that best enable organisms to survive in the environment

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theory of natural selection

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An organism that evolutionists claims has different groups of organisms as its offspring

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common ancestor

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An organism that probably never existed but is needed to fill out the evolutionary path of other organisms

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missing link

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A record of past living things

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fossil record

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Similar structures that evolutionists say are best explained by common ancestry

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homologous structures

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Structures that, according to evolutionists, no longer have a major function

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vestigial structures

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“Giraffes have long necks because there was a drought in their habitat, and they had to start stretching their necks to reach leaves at the top of trees”

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Lamarck

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“My most famous work is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,”

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Darwin

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“During some of my experiments, I notice sudden changes in certain plants. I believe that these changes, that I call mutations, allow for evolution.”

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De Vries

Question 39

The islands where Darwin observed finches and giant tortoises

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Galapagos