Question |
Answer |
The foundation of modern science is |
the Bible |
Why mutations cannot cause evolution? |
mutations do not produce new kinds of organisms |
Nature is God's |
general revelation |
What is the belief that everything is material? |
materialism |
Which event began the birth of modern science? |
Protestant Reformation |
Which view of life is consistent with both the Bible and observations? |
orchard view |
What term is used to refer to a person's outlook about life and the world? |
worldview |
Most of the founders of modern science believed that? |
true faith is a reasonable belief in a reasoning God |
The materialistic idea that says the present is the key to the past? |
uniformitarianism |
Why are rock pocket mice not an example of evolution? |
No new types of organisms were formed |
What term refers to originally created types of organisms? |
kinds |
What scientific concept states that living things can originate only from existing living things? |
law of biogenesis |
What term refers to "useless" organs supposedly left over from earlier stages of evolutionary development? |
vestigial organs |
Three features of human embryos that supposedly provide evidence for evolution but actually provide evidence for creation are pharyngeal arches, yolk sacs and? |
tails |
The man who wrote Principles of Geology was? |
Lyell |
The man who founded comparative anatomy was? |
Cuvier |
Formation of new organisms within a "kind" is called? |
speciation |
Science put to practical use is |
technology |
One of the well-known books written by Charles Darwin was? |
Origin of Species or Descent of Man |
The belief that the universe is the result of a supernatural act of God is? |
creation |
The old Greek idea that says that living things come from nonliving things is |
spontaneous generation |
The man who discovered blood circulation was |
William Harvey |
The man who used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation was |
Pasteur |
The "Father of Anatomy" was |
Vesalius |
The man who proposed the idea that evolution occurs through natural selection was? |
Charles Darwin |
The idea of this says that evolution occurs in rapid bursts separated by long periods of time? |
punctuated equilibrium |
Two supposed horse ancestors that are now known to have been land animals are? |
Equus and Hyracotherium |
Who was considered the most important authority on science during the Middle Ages? |
Aristotle |
the idea that, at various stages during their development, embryos resemble the adult forms of their evolutionary ancestors |
embryonic recapitulation |
A new, "scientific" spontaneous generation |
chemical evolution |
the idea that information must have meaning and cannot occur by chance |
specified complexity |
an intermediate organism linking types of living things |
transitional form |
a basic similarity of structure between two different living things |
homology |
a sudden, permanent, random change in an organisms' DNA |
mutation |
the belief that evolution occurs slowly |
gradualism |
The study of the similarities and differences in the body structure of organisms |
comparative anatomy |
The similar five-fingered or five-toed forelimbs of many vertebrate animals is an example of? |
homology |
The British philosopher known for saying that the purpose, order and design seen in the world are evidence of a Designer (God) was? |
Paley |
The idea of comparative anatomy was developed by? |
Cuvier |
This means that information must have meaning and cannot occur by chance |
Specified Complexity |
These cannot produce new organisms because they destroy information? |
mutations |
This is not evolution because it does not produce new information in the DNA |
natural selection |
performed spontaneous generation experiments with flies |
Redi |
wrote Origin of Species |
Darwin |
believed that natural selection brought about the evolution of living things |
Darwin |
Father of Anatomy |
Vesalius |
studied blood circulation |
Harvey |
performed spontaneous generation experiments with bacteria |
Pasteur |
This type of revelation teaches who God is through His creation |
general |
There was an increase in scientific discovery in the 16th century due in part to the? |
Protestant Reformation |
What is science put to practical use? |
technology |
Lyell's false belief of this states that the present is the only key to the past |
uniformitarianism |
The belief that evolution occurs by slow and gradual change is called |
gradualism |
The fictitious branching diagram that supposedly shows evolutionary relationships between organisms is the? |
tree of life |
"Useless" organs supposedly left over from earlier stages of evolution are called? |
vestigial organs |
Hyracotherium is the supposed evolutionary ancestor of modern |
horses |
Pakicetus is a supposed evolutionary ancestor of modern? |
Whales |
The idea that says that evolution occurs in short periods of rapid change is? |
punctuated equilibrium |
The German biologist who popularized the idea of embryonic recapitulation was? |
Haeckel |
The process that is a new, "scientific" version of spontaneous generation is? |
chemical evolution |