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WorksheetsUTF Unit 12 Test
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 37mins
In which of the following verses does King David marvel over the universe created by God?
Genesis 3:15
Psalm 8:3-5
Psalm 19:1
Proverbs 18:15
Micah 6:8
Which of the following verses present Jesus Christ as the creator of everything both visible and invisible?
Psalm 8:3-5
Matthew 28:16-20
Romans 5:12-19
Colossians 1:16
1 Peter 3:15
Which of the following stories has been used to support the faulty dichotomy between science and religion?
Christopher Columbus's voyage corrected the biblical myth that the world was flat.
Pope Callixtus III excommunicated Halley's Comet as an agent of the devil.
Galileo Galilei was tortured and executed for promoting the idea that the earth was the center of the universe.
All of them
None of them
What does science assume about the nature of the universe?
A) The universe is orderly
B) The universe behaves in a predictable manner
C) The universe can be understood by the human mind
D) All of them
E) A and B only
Which of the following early scientists held to a Christian worldview?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Robert Boyle
C) Francis Bacon
D) All of them
E) A and B only
Which of the following scientists is generally recognized for establishing the scientific method?
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
Galileo Galilei
None of them
Which of the following scientific assumptions are consistent with the Christian faith?
The universe operates in observable ways.
The universe operates in measurable ways.
The universe operates in repeatable ways.
All of them
None of them
All four Christian theories dealing with creation affirm what?
A) God exists
B) God is the creator
C) Humans bear God's image
D) All of them
E) A and B only
Which of the following concepts challenge the notion that complex biological systems (eg. the eye) could have gradually evolved?
A) Irreducible complexity
B) Spontaneous generation
C) Panspermia
D) All of them
E) A and B only
Who originally formulated the watchmaker argument?
Robert Boyle
Charles Darwin
William Paley
Francis Bacon
None of them
Which of the following is best explained by an intelligent designer?
Language based codes
Computer-like programming commands
Irreducible complexity machines
All of them
None of them
The modern theory of evolution proposes that species have evolved through which of the following mechanisms?
A) Mutations
B) Natural selection
C) Intelligent design
D) None of them
E) A and B only
Mutations tend to produce which of the following?
A) New species
B) Biological improvements
C) Biological deficiencies
D) All of them
E) A and B only
Which of the following verses tell us that sin entered the world through Adam and was atoned for through the sacrifice of Christ?
Matthew 28:16-20
Romans 5:12-19
Colossians 1:16
1 Peter 3:15
None of them
Science has only recently been viewed as an enterprise that is incompatible with Christianity.
True
False
Science assumes that nature operates in an unpredictable manner and that the results we obtain in any given case will yield inconsistent results under similar conditions.
True
False
The Bible is a book of science.
True
False
Because of their belief in polytheism, early scientists assumed that laws of nature governed the universe.
True
False
Science has no testable theory for why the laws of physics exist or operate as they do.
True
False
Adam and Eve are not depicted in the Bible as historical people.
True
False
Intelligent design is incompatible with the theory of theistic evolution.
True
False
According to progressive creationism, God used the naturalistic mechanism of evolution to bring about life on this planet.
True
False
Complex machine-like structures are best explained by an intelligent designer.
True
False
Life is based upon an information-rich code found inside DNA that provides building instructions for molecular machines inside cells.
True
False
In 1952, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey were able to create living organisms by combining electricity and gasses thought to be present in the earth's early atmosphere.
True
False
We can assume DNA is the product of intelligence because it is analogous to human language, the product of unintelligent minds.
True
False
As we moved into the eighteenth-century era, known as the __________ , faith in science and human reason began to replace faith in God.
RNA world hypothesis
Age of Enlightenment
Watchmaker argument
Second Law of Thermodynamics
The __________ is an argument for God's existence that compares the design of a watch to the design found within the cosmos and concludes that the universe, like a watch, can be best explained by the existence of an intelligent designer.
Age of Enlightenment
Second law of thermodynamics
Watchmaker argument
RNA world hypothesis
The __________ says that the amount of usable energy in the universe is decreasing, thus there must have been a time when the universe began.
Anthropic principle
Second law of thermodynamics
RNA world hypothesis
Design argument
The theory that non-living matter produced living matter is known as __________.
Spontaneous generation
Microevolution
Macroevolution
Panspermia
Many naturalistic scientists believe that life first arose in a(n) __________ or a water-based sea of simple organic molecules.
Panspermia
Spontaneous generation
Age of Enlightenment
Primordial soup
The __________ is a theory that proposes early life was based on RNA instead of DNA and protein.
Second law of thermodynamics
RNA world hypothesis
Anthropic principle
Design argument
Because of lack of evidence for the chemical origin of life, some biologists have proposed a theory of __________ or the idea that life on earth is a transplant from outer space.
Microevolution
Primordial soup
Panspermia
Macroevolution
Some argue for a literal reading of Genesis 1, but also argue that the earth is much older than 10,000 years old. Where do they find the space for all those years in scripture?
Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
In the genealogies
In the 7th Day
Each day represents a long period
What question did we argue was at the center of a premodern reading of Genesis 1?
What does the cosmology of Genesis 1 tell us about our relationship with God and the external world?
How is Genesis 1 seeking to oppress me?
How does Genesis 1 relate to scientific discovery?
What question did we argue was at the center of the modern reading of Genesis 1?
What does the cosmology of Genesis 1 tell us about our relationship with God and the external world?
How is Genesis 1 seeking to oppress me?
How does Genesis 1 relate to scientific discovery?
What question did we argue was at the center of the postmodern reading of Genesis 1?
What does the cosmology of Genesis 1 tell us about our relationship with God and the external world?
How is Genesis 1 seeking to oppress me?
How does Genesis 1 relate to scientific discovery?
The study of human beings
Anthropology
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness
Ideology
Metanarrative
Warrants
Virtue
The (sometimes) unstated assumptions of an argument
Ideology
Metanarrative
Warrants
Virtue
The__________is an argument for God’s existence that begins with the premise that design requires an intelligent designer and ends with the conclusion that God is the best explanation for the observable design within the universe.
Design Argument
Anthropic Principle
Microevolution
Macroevolution
According to the_________________, we can observe the universe only because it exists in a way that allows us as observers to exist.
Design Argument
Anthropic Principle
Microevolution
Macroevolution
____________ demonstrates that small changes can accumulate within a species but these changes do not lead to the development of a new species.
Design Argument
Anthropic Principle
Microevolution
Macroevolution
____________ is the belief that small adaptive changes are capable of accumulating over time to produce entirely new species.
Design Argument
Anthropic Principle
Microevolution
Macroevolution
