Life Science Ch 5 Test (BJU)

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T. rex teeth found in a fossil graveyard are which kind of fossil?

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original material

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Why do evolutionists and creationists view the history of change in living things differently?

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Evolutionists and creationists start with different worldviews.

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Darwin’s explanation for the theory of natural selection includes all of the following except: that individuals in a species compete for the things needed to survive., that mutations cause new traits to be formed in a population., that some individuals have traits that make them better able to compete., that with each new generation, the traits that better allow survival become more common.

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that mutations cause new traits to be formed in a population.

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A fossil is found above an igneous rock layer that is dated at 50 million years. Scientists would then conclude that the fossil is

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younger than 50 million years

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Which method of rock dating can be used only for “young” fossils?

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carbon-14 dating

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Because a whale’s flipper and a bat’s wing have similar bone structure, evolutionists refer to the body parts as

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homologous structures

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Which of the following illustrate(s) problems with the methods of dating rocks? A. It is quite common for absolute dating methods to yield ages that are known to be incorrect. B. Carbon-14 has been found in fossils considered millions of years old, showing the fossils to be much younger.

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both A and B

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Which of the following present(s) a problem for evolutionists attempting to use homologous structures to prove ancestry? A. A common designer could also be responsible for the homologous structures that we observe. B. Animals do not have homologous structures. C. both A and B D. neither A nor B

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A common designer could also be responsible for the homologous structures that we observe.

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The Bible teaches that living things were created by God. What is the timeframe according to the Bible?

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a few thousand years ago.

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Which of the following is not a part of the biblical view of the history of life? A. God's original creation was 'very good.' B. God created each kind of organism fully formed. D. All the air-breathing land animals, except those on the Ark, perished in the Flood.

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Sickness and death have always been present.