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liberty university creation studies final exam
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12/13/2009

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Term
evolution model predicts a _____ of man and apes
Definition
common ancestor
Term
creation model predicts a _____ for man and apes
Definition
separate
Term
____ contribute to a false perception of similarity
Definition
artists
Term
adding _____ to an ape makes it seem like an intermediate
Definition
human eyes
Term
DNA differences
-when sequences are compared there are 2 types of differences
1.
2.
Definition
1. substitutions
2. extra or missing bases
Term
do humans and chimps have >98% or 99% DNA similarity?
Definition
-96% . a 4% difference out of 3 billion nucleotides is 120 million. a huge difference.
Term
___ or ___ DNA account for most differences between humans and chimps
Definition
extra or missing
Term
humans have __ chromosomes
chimps have __ chromosomes
Definition
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Term
textbooks ___ the similarity between human and chimp ____
Definition
distort
hands
Term
explain some different ways humans and apes are portrayed to appear similar
Definition
-artists will can add or take away from humans/apes to make them appear more similar

-when apes are drawn in an unnatural position they appear more human
-apes are designed to knuckle walk not humans
Term
footprints left in volcanic ash, at least 2 individuals walking side by side, walking up right, with no diverged big toe
Definition
Th Laetoli Footprints
Term
what were the Laetoli Footprints presumed to be?
Definition
Australopithecus because of the 3.6 m.y.a. date
Term
what does aboreal mean?
Definition
lived in trees
Term
what does it mean to be human?
1.
2.
Definition
1.man is created in the image of god
2. god so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son
Term
what is Paleoanthroplogy?
Definition
the study of fossils
Term
how are human fossils studied?
1.
2.
3.
Definition
1. often pieced together
2. not studied directly, use of casts
3. fragile and irreplaceable
Term
piltdown man fossil
had ____ teeth
fossil hoax consisting of ______ and an _______
Definition
1. filed
2. human skull cap
3. orangutan jaw
Term
what is "homo erectus" ?
Definition
upright man
Term
what is the upright man - homo erectus' m.y.a date?
Definition
0.3-1.8
Term
who discovered homo erectus, where and when?
Definition
Dubois
1891
Java Island
Term
this discovery proved that homo erectus was only 50,000 years old (contemporary with modern man)
Definition
Java Man
Term
___ homo erectus fossils found
Definition
222
Term
homo erectus specimens found in africa are assigned to this group
Definition
homo ergaster
Term
modern humans share features with ____ which are different from homo erectus
Definition
ergaster
Term
homo ergaster are assumed to be ancestral to homo populations but likely are just
Definition
regional differences
Term
this species of homo overlaps homo erectus but is therefore not a good ancestor. they are no longer considered to be ancestral to any members of homo
Definition
Homo habilis
Term
2 facts about homo habilis
Definition
1. some KNM-ER 1470 are really more ape-like upon closer inspection
2. others are small and ape like
Term
what was the recent correction of KNM-ER 1470?
Definition
the original reconstruction of th eskull was incorrect. a corrected version makes the skull much more apelike than previously thought.
Term
australopithecus is also known as
Definition
lucy
Term
only __% of lucy's bones were found
Definition
40%
Term
lucy reconstruction from MSU featured _________ which were never even found!
Definition
human hands and feet
Term
who was lucy's baby?
Definition
selam
Term
recent fossil finds report Selam to be ___ year old Australopithecine
Definition
3
Term
was sahelanthropus (toumai) bipedal?
Definition
no the position of the formen meduela is located far to the rear just like apes that walk on all fours
Term
newly discovered fossils from chad, kenya, and ethiopia may extend the human record back to __ million years ago revealing the earliest hominids yet
Definition
7
Term
there is even less evidence for a common ancestor of ___ and ____ than anything else in evolution
Definition
humans and apes
Term
watchmaker argument
Definition
if you find a watch on the beach, you know that there was a watchmaker. you know that it didn't arise spontaneously
Term
if there is a creator why is there disease?
Definition
many diseases result from a loss of genetic information
-an example of de-evolution
Term
almost anything can appear to follow an ____ process
Definition
evolutionary
Term
____ does not "prove" common ancestry
Definition
similarity
Term
what are polymer chains of amino acids
Definition
proteins
Term
proteins use a specific sequence using ___ different amino acids
Definition
20
Term
proteins are about __-__ amino acids long
Definition
100-800
Term
proteins have precisely engineered moving parts whose mechanical actions are coupled to _____
Definition
chemical events
Term
average protein is ~___ amino acids
Definition
~270
Term
what is the estimated number of hydrogen atoms in the universe?
Definition
~10^80
Term
there is no natural mechanism for making long stretches of new ____ _____
Definition
random sequences
Term
no gene is ever entirely ___
Definition
new
Term
most genes are ____ - with no known origin
Definition
orphans
Term
in ____ ____ 2126 or 533% of the genes have no family relationship or homology to anything else
Definition
bacillus subtillis
Term
>550 different enzymes are involved in ___
Definition
metabolism
Term
how did the first life arise according to the evolution model?
Definition
biological molecules, then cells arose from a primordial soup
Term
how did the first life arise according to the creation model?
Definition
-each living thing is specially created, fully formed and made to reproduce after its kind
Term
what is the belief that living things could arise from non-living material
Definition
spontaneous generation
Term
Pasteur and Virchow definitively showed that ______
Definition
spontaneous generation was false
Term
what is the theory that all living things are made of cells?
Definition
cell theory
Term
the ___ is the fundamental unit of life
Definition
cell
Term
every cell comes from a _______ ___
Definition
pre-existing cell
Term
what is the central dogma of biology?
Definition
genes
Term
DNA is transcribed into
Definition
mRNA
Term
mRNA is translated into ___ ___ sequence of ____
Definition
amino acid
proteins
Term
hereditary material
proteins are required for making ____ and ____
Definition
DNA
RNA
Term
DNA is a ____ polymer of ______
Definition
linear
nucleotides
Term
DNA has a double stranded, __________ backbone
Definition
sugar phosphate
Term
___-____ of DNA which codes for a protein
Definition
gene-stretch
Term
DNA serves as _______ for making a protein
Definition
instructions
Term
DNA must be _____
Definition
replicatied
Term
DNA is found in _____
Definition
nucleus
Term
DNA is _____-_____
Definition
semi-conservative
Term
DNA _____
Definition
unwinds
Term
DNA polymerase and other enzymes add free ____
Definition
nucleotides
Term
RNA stands for _____
Definition
ribonucleic acid
Term
3 types of RNA
Definition
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
Term
tRNA
Definition
transfer RNA
Term
mRNA
Definition
messenger RNA
Term
rRNA
Definition
ribosomal RNA
Term
RNA is ____ stranded
Definition
single
Term
Ribose instead of _____
Definition
deoxyribose
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