Science 5.17.F - Test: Module Five
Abraham was born
2000 BC
The Global Flood of Noah was
2350 BC
God created the Earth in 6 days. These days lasted
24 hours each
Adam was created
6,000 years ago in 4,000 BC
How many years ago was Earth created?
6-12,000 years ago
Who, in 1915, proposed the idea of continental drift -- that all continents were connected?
Alfred Wegner
What theory do evolutionists say is the beginning of evolution?
Big Bang
Who recognized that different organisms were well equipped to survive in different environments and that diversity in a population is important to evolution?
Charles Darwin
The Molecules to Man Theory is __________.
Evolution that begins with single-celled creatures and ends with humans.
According to evolutionary thought, which of the following gases was not present in the earth's atmosphere?
Neon
The evolutionary Tree of Life is ____________.
a graphic that shows the evolutionary belief that all organisms have the same single-celled ancestor.
Nonliving parts of an environment are called __________.
abiotic factors
A(n) ______ is a trait or behavior that increases the organism's chance of survival.
adaptation
What forms when small creatures are trapped in tree sap and the sap hardens?
amber fossils
The process in which humans breed certain plants or animals for more desirable traits is called __________.
artificial selection
The living parts of an environment are called _______.
biotic factors
The number of organisms born into a population in a specific period of time.
birth rate
Amber fossils are examples of ___________.
body fossils
Bones, teeth, seeds, and shells are examples of ____________.
body fossils
The entire or part of the remains of an organism is called _____________.
body fossils
The maximum population that a given area can support is called _______________.
carrying capacity
Mutations _______ change the DNA.
do
When all members of a species have died, it is _____________.
extinct
The remains or imprints of once-living organisms; preserved remains are called ______________.
fossils
For "Molecules to Man" to occur, _____________.
genetic information must be added
The science in which scientists must make guesses and theories. Creationists and revolutions have different views because worldviews are used to judge material.
historical science
Genesis is written as
history
The similarity in body structure among different species is called ____________.
homology
The purpose of the flood
is the result of God's judgement of Man.
Part of an ecosystem that can restrict the growth of a population is called a _______.
limiting factor
The size of a population usually will stay at the carrying capacity because of _______________.
limiting factors
Major evolutionary change over a long period of time is ____________________.
macroevolution
The extreme loss of many species at a given time is called a ______.
mass extinction
A wolf evolving to a domesticated dog is an example of ________________.
microevolution
Minor, observable evolutional change over a short period of time is ____________.
microevolution
The process of change in an organism that can occur in a short amount of time is ___________.
natural selection
The survival and reproduction of the individuals in a population that exhibit traits that best enable them to survive in their environment is ____________.
natural selection
When heat and pressure in the center of a solar nebular becomes hot enough, the joining of hydrogen atoms occurs, this is called ___________.
nuclear fusion
The science we can tangibly see happening is called ___________.
observational science
Christians who believe that God used the process of evolution to create the world in millions of years are called __________________-.
old-earth creationists
Earth's early atmosphere according to evolutionists did not have _____________.
oxygen
Animals use _______ as food and shelter.
plants
Animals and plants need _______ in order to live and reproduce.
resources
Death is a punishment for
sin
A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which stars and planets form is called a ___________.
solar nebula
Another name for the theory of natural selection is ___________.
survival of the fittest
Earth's crust moves because of the moving mantle below the crust known as ____________.
tectonic plates
If the answer to the population growth equation is 0, this means _________.
the number entering the population is equal to the number leaving
In the population growth equation if the answer is positive, then ________.
the population grows
If the answer to the population growth equation is negative, this means
the population is shrinking
Natural selection is defined as __________.
the strongest organism survive and reproduce.
The assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate today have always operated in the past and apply everywhere is _____________.
uniformitarianism
The supercontinent is called __________.
Pangea
What do evolutionists call the hot mixture that mixed for millions of years?
Primordial Soup
