The Theory Of Evolution And Natural Selection - The Existence Of God Book

Question 1

The theory of evolution was the conclusion of who and when

Answer 1

Charles Darwin in the 19th century

Question 2

How did Charles Darwin become interested at this university in science and botany

Answer 2

After studying theology in Cambridge

Question 3

From 1831 to 1836 what Charles study

Answer 3

Wildlife in South America

Question 4

In 1859 what did he write

Answer 4

The origin of species

Question 5

When he wrote origin of species, what did this provide

Answer 5

An account in his living things came about in the world, not through design but through the struggle of every generation of species to compete, survive and reproduce

Question 6

What did Darwin conclude in the origin of species

Answer 6

That random mutation plus the pressures of natural selection is the designer of all living organisms. It is not an intelligent or purposeful designer, but a blind unthinking mechanism.
E.g. The plant doesn’t really have a purpose or goal, it just has evolved mechanisms which make it more successful than its competitors in reproducing

Question 7

What does the evolutionary theory describe

Answer 7

A world where organisms adapt and change

Question 8

How did Darwin come to conclusion that organisms adapt and change

Answer 8

By noticing the similarities between species in the world around him and the fossils he discovered. He also noticed that the organisms which survive do so because they were the fittest, strongest and best suited to their environment

Question 9

Over time according to this theory what do species do

Answer 9

Species can and evolve, providing different varieties of species

Question 10

What does this natural selection process enable simple life forms to do

Answer 10

Become more complex

Question 11

Darwin concluded that what we see in the universe around us happened by what

Answer 11

Chance

Question 12

Darwin says there no need for what and why

Answer 12

A designer, as evolution and natural selection explain the development of all living things

Question 13

In darwins theory what happens to fish, birds and animals

Answer 13

They all evolve over time, millions of years in fact.

Question 14

What does his theory say about humans

Answer 14

That they have also evolved from earlier animal species just like any other species

Question 15

What is it believed about man kind

Answer 15

That if gas not existed for a long time on earth and are a recent evolutionary process

Question 16

Two important characters that went before Charles Darwin and influenced the development of scientific theories were who

Answer 16

William smith (1769-1839) and Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Question 17

Smith, a geologist noticed what

Answer 17

That the deeper layers of rock measured a much older period of time than those at the surface

Question 18

What did William smith question about

Answer 18

The genesis account, as literally being 6 days and thought they represented different periods of time to allow for the time he was measuring for the rocks

Question 19

Lyell took this theory further and believed what

Answer 19

That a gradual process of creation was likely and that the world had developed over millions of years

Question 20

What were both William smith and Charles Lyell questioning

Answer 20

That the earth could only be 6000 years old