unit 1.2

Question 1

Idea of Deevolution

Answer 1

• going back

- but there is still change-> still evolution even though we are going back

Question 2

Did humans evolve from chimpanzees?

Answer 2

• No, we share a common ancestor with chimpanzees
• we also share a common ancestor with every living thing.
• we share a more recent ancestor with chimpanzees compared to other species

Question 3

American culture and idea of evolution

Answer 3

issue in American culture

1. because of poor science education
   - people don’t fully understand the idea of evolution
2. Cultural influences
   - religious forces that go against the ideas of evolution

Question 4

Creationism

Answer 4

The world as we know it particularly the complexity that is evident, could not have come about through natural processes; so we use supernatural explanations. (something we cannot explain

Question 5

what is science

Answer 5

system or strategy to try to understand, test and check how the world around us works

Question 6

Seperate Magisteria

Answer 6

• strategy for allowing religion and science to play a role.
• Science and religion are diff. spheres of influence and should be kept completely separate without overlapping or connecting
• seperate science and religion

Question 7

what is science good for?

Answer 7

1. helping to understand the world around us-> through scientific studies
2. Self-correcting-re-run experiments, fix mistakes

Question 8

science limitations

Answer 8

• science can’t play a role in morality
• cant run experiment to test morality or opinion.
  ex: fashion-which is an opinion- cant be tested

Question 9

Young-Creationism

Answer 9

Earth is relatively young

-thousands of years old and created in a short period of time 6 days.

Question 10

Gap- Creationism

Answer 10

Allows possibilities of spans between 6 days of creation.

Day 1- 3,000 years later day 2- 4,000 years later day 3

Question 11

Day-age creationism

Answer 11

• days may represent millions of years

- used the word days figuratively

Question 12

Intelligent Design

Answer 12

takes god out of the equation

Question 13

Butter act

Answer 13

• separation of church and state-scopes found guilty for teaching creationism -butter act overided.
• Butter act-illegal to teach any theory that denies story of the divine creation

Question 14

Scopes trial

Answer 14

U.S supreme court rules in Epperson v Arkansas that such bans contravene the establishment clause because their primary purpose is religious.

Question 15

The legal position of Evolution vs. Creationism in the U.S.

Answer 15

Teaching creationism in public schools:

1. separation of church and state
2. Non-scientific nature of creationism/ID

Question 16

Importance of evolution

Answer 16

• foundation of biology
• we cant fully understand biology without it
• provides a road map for everything in biology
• key foundation for biology

Question 17

Who said nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution

Answer 17

Theodosis Dobzhansky