Mason Chapter 5 Science Test

The Church of the late 1800s failed to stop the rising tide of ___________.

What year did Darwin publish his book?

What is the accumulation of random mutations within the DNA of a population of organisms?

As God created each plant and animal, He created each different ________ to be distinct from other plants and animals.

An evolutionist believes that ____________ make new opportunities for evolution.

Most fossils are found in _____________ rock

Buried organisms decay without becoming mineralized=empty space. Empty space fills with sediment and cast forms

God created the world by Big Bang through billions of years of natural processes. The flood was a local not global event

Darwin believed, with each new generation, the traits that better allow survival become more common.

What was Darwin's book about?

·       Do you think an evolutionary or creationist viewpoint requires more faith?  Why?

Most evolutionists do not believe that God created the world,

Uniformitarianism suggests the earth could be how old?

formed when a buried Organism decays, leaving only a thin film of carbon.

a fossil that consists of all or part of the original organism.

In December 1831 Charles Darwin set sail on a ship called what?

Fixity of species which states that species __________________

If creationism is true the following must be true

There is no evidence in the Bible that one kind of Organism has changed into a different kind of ___________.

In order for fossils to form in sedimentary rock an organism must be buried ___________.

What alters the ratios of traits within a population?

What is the most well-known example of a living fossil?

There is a lack of ___________.

What is a process that scientists use to attempt to find out the ages of rocks?

Evolutionists believe that the presence of __________ in all organisms supports the theory of evolution.

There is God but was not involved in origin of life.  God made blocks of life but stepped back. let creation take over

What theory proposes that organisms can acquire new traits during their lifetime and pass it on to their offspring?

People started trusting the abilities of ________ and technology.

God created the world, but the word used for “day” represents a longer period of time than a literal 24-hour day.

The coelacanth was once believed to have gone extinct more than __________ years ago?

Where was the coelacanth discovered?

Evolutionists view the world through the lens of what?

Did Charles Darwin believe individuals that survive will reproduce and pass on their traits?

Darwin believed, individuals in a species compete for the things they need to survive such as food, shelter, and mates?

What is when scientists measure the amount of carbon 14 left in a fossil and calculate the fossils age?

Scientists began to propose that living things _______________.

God performed constant miracles to bring about the origin of life.

Evolutionists believe the more similar the genes of two different species, the more closely they are related.

Vast areas of the world are covered in ____________ rock.

Evidence that an Organism leaves behind that is not part of the Organism itself.

There's a large time between Genesis 1:1-1:2.  Satan was cast out of heaven and he ruined creation. God remade creation.

Uniformitarianism states what?

Fossil ____________ are where large numbers of fossils are found together in one area. 

Fossil graveyards have billions of organisms that are fully formed and distinctly ____________.

People started thinking that the stories of the Bible were not history but rather __________

We can examine how both points of view explain observations that we can make today.

According to Darwin, In every species more young are born than can survive?

In the early 19th century scientists began to doubt their long-held belief in what ?

Groups of organisms can change without the help of humans.

Are you a creationist, an atheistic evolutionist, or something in the middle? Why?

Science cannot _________ either viewpoint since the world's past is no longer observable.

Christians believe that God created living things as described in Genesis one.

Darwin’s thinking was influenced by the theory of ____________.

What is it called when when many organisms become extinct at about the same time?

God did not create ____________ life that needed to evolve into different plants and animals.

What are structures that no longer have a purpose but used to?

The embryos of many vertebrates resemble each other in early development.

____________ mutations in the genetic code is increasing disorder.

Fossil _____________ suggest that many organisms died suddenly and were buried quickly.[

Where was Charles Darwin born?

Some theologians tried to reconcile _____________ with the Bible.

God brought wrath to the earth in the form of a _________. 

There is no observable evidence to suggest that mutations are becoming new code that makes sense.

When was the coelacanth discovered?

Before he studied ecology, he tried to study what two things?

Each created ___________ of organism has at least some DNA that is unique to that organism.

Evolutionists believe that all the variety of life we see can be traced back to a single ___________?

a.God's word reveals that all of creation has a purpose--

For radioisotope dating to be reliable what would have to be constant throughout history.

This naturalistic view  would suggest that life has no __________.

If genesis doesn't tell true story of ______, how can it be trusted when speaking about sin, salvation, & eternal death?

What year was Charles Darwin born?

If creationism is true the following must be true:

Bible scholars and lay persons began to question basic church _________

A biblical kind includes species that can interbreed to produce fertile ___________.

People that have traits that make them better able to compete for things than others--they will survive and reproduce.

There is an assumption that when rocks were first formed only what were present?

Every created _______ existed from the very beginning.

formed when wet sediment fills the small spaces within an organism’s tissues.

Evolutionists believe what?

What relies on radioactive decay of certain elements found in igneous rocks?

God saw that his creation was very good _________, but sin entered the world which brought sickness and _________.

Similar structures called _____________ point to a common ancestor.

Why is genetic drift different than natural selection?

What is when rock layers are compared to other layers near them?

If genesis isn't taken literally/evolution is supported then we must assume that death is ____ and has always existed. 

Darwin believed, some individuals have traits that make them better able to compete for those things than others.

Adam and Eve were banished from the garden and the ____________ on the earth increased.

There is not evidence that DNA from one kind of Organism can become DNA in a new Organism.

What suggests that many fossils thought to be millions of years old are much younger than expected?

Scientists try to stop isolated populations because most mutations are detrimental (harmful) to living organisms.

Evolutionists believe living things are the result of natural and random processes taking place over millions of years.

The only people to survive the flood were Noah and his _________.

The preserved remains of plants and animals are called