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CRST - History Of Life
Final Exam SGuide
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 2
05/06/2012

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Term
133 mutations locked into the genome every generation -> staggering # of mutations in a small # of generations is called_______ dilemma.
Definition
Haldane's
Term
________is the study of design or purpose of nature.
Definition
Teleology
Term
_________ _____ was a christian apologist who argued for the existence of God based on what is observed in life. He was the one who used the "_________" example.
Definition
William Paley, watchmaker
Term
_____  _______refers to the universal message from God that is evident in creation.
Definition
General Revelation
Term
______ ________ refers to the disclosure of Gods truth by supernatural means such as miracle or the scriptures.
Definition
Special Revelation
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Evidence & proof are the same thing.

 

Definition
FALSE!
Term
_____ is the belief in a distant, uninvolved creator who made the world but then simply left it to run itself.
Definition
Deism
Term
_______ complex is a _____ system composed of _______ well matched parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein, the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively _____ functioning.
Definition
Irreducible, single, several, cease
Term
Yersinia ______ is the pathogen that causes Bubonic plague.
Definition
Pestis
Term
__-_____: Evolution takes advantage of a system that was used for on thing and turns it into something else.
Definition
Co-option
Term
The process of how life is supposed to arise through the coming together of _____ coupled with ______ selection is called _______.
Definition
molecules, natural, Abiogenesis
Term
Banded colonies of cyanobacteria which trap fine sediment.
Definition
Stromatolites
Term
Used to obtain & use energy.
Definition
Metabolism
Term
DNA sequence is converted into a corresponding polymer of RNA nucleotides through _____ and 3 RNA nucleotides are matched to a specific molecule called a transfer RNA through ______.
Definition
Transcription, Translation
Term
DNA is a _____polymer of _____. It is ______ stranded & has a sugar phosphate _______.
Definition
linear, nucleotides, double, backbone
Term
A stretch of DNA which codes for a protien are called ______
Definition
Genes
Term
DNA serves as the _______ for making protiens.
Definition
instructions
Term
DNA must be _______! It's found in the _____ and is ____- conservative; DNA also unwinds.
Definition
replicated, nucleus, semi
Term
RNA stands for ______ acid.
Definition
Ribonucleic
Term
A, G, C, ___ <- instead of a t
Definition
U
Term
RNA is ____ stranded and includes ______ instead of deoxyribose.
Definition
single, Ribose
Term
RNA transcription -> RNA polymerade has __ different proteins; you must have RNA ______ to use a DNA based system.
Definition
30, polymerase
Term
Protein synthesis contains __ different proteins through Ribosomes. mRNA with____ and RNA with anti-____ and amino acids.
Definition
50, codons, codons
Term
Proteins are _____ chains of _____ acids.
Definition
polymer, amino
Term
Proteins: Specific sequence using ____different amino acid; about ____ - ____ amino acids long.
Definition
20, 100, 800
Term

Protein structure:

The 3 Demensional shape of a protein determines the ______.

Definition
function
Term

Protein Structure:

Amino acid sequence determines the 3 Demensional _______.

Definition
Structure
Term

Protein structure:

The _____ sequence determines the amino acid sequence.

Definition
DNA
Term
An average protein is ____ amino acids.
Definition
270
Term
Estimated number of hydrogen atoms in the universe.
Definition
1080
Term

Metabolism:

About ____ different enzymes involved in the metabolism.

Definition
550
Term
The tRNA's have a clover leafed structure with RNA bases called _____
Definition
codons
Term
RNA molecules who have limited enzymatic ability are called _____
Definition
ribozymes
Term
The idea that life on earth was seeded from outer space is called ______
Definition
panspermia
Term
Old earth/progressive creationists typically _____ evolutionists dating.
Definition
accept
Term
Is the study of human fossils
Definition
Paleoanthropolgy
Term
Human fossils are usually studied by being ____together; but humans are not studied______, rather they use _____.
Definition
pieced, directly, casts
Term
Human fossils are ______ and ______
Definition
irreplacable, delicate
Term
Most_____ use casts; casts aren't always accurate.
Definition
investigators
Term
________man is the fossil hoax consisting of a _____skull cap and an ____ jaw.
Definition
Piltdown, human, orangutan
Term
________are usually viewed as being less intelligent and brutish; typical cave man.
Definition
Neanderthals
Term
Neanderthal remains have been found across Europe and especially in _____
Definition
France
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Neanderthals are not humans

Definition
FALSE!
Term

Means "upright man" - ____ _____

Founded by _____Dubios (Java Island) who found skull cap, ____ and a few teeth.

Definition
Homo Erectus, Eugene, femur
Term
Eugene Dubios admitted to finding Wiaik 1 & 2 in ____. Java man could NOT be ancestral to modern humans.
Definition
1920's
Term
Java man -> Homo _____ -> _____ years ago
Definition
erectus, 50,000
Term
Homo_____ share features of modern humans which are different from Homo Erectus.
Definition
Ergaster
Term
Homo Erectus specimens found in Africa are assigned to the Homo ____ group.
Definition
Habilis
Term
Homo _____: some KNM-ER 1470 similiar to Homo Sapiens; others (KMN-ER 1805) are small and ___like and are no longer considered.
Definition
Habilis, ape
Term
Homo rudolfensis where formerly classified as Homo _____.
Definition
habilis
Term
Australopithecus -> "____"; Creationist and some evolutionist consider it an extinct ___.
Definition
Lucy, ape
Term
Evolution model predicts a _____ ancestor of man and apes.
Definition
common
Term
The creation model predicts a ____ origin for man & apes.
Definition
separate
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Evolutionist focus on similiarities.

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUSE OR FALSE

Artists contribute to a false preception of similarity.

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Human eyes and ape eyes are similar.

Definition
FALSE!
Term
Evolutionist emphasize _____ similarity between humans & chimps.
Definition
DNA
Term
When sequences of DNA are compared, there are 2 types: ________, ______ or ____ DNA
Definition
substitutions, missing, extra
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Humans and chimps have 98% DNA similarity.

Definition
FALSE!
Term
Humans have __ chromosomes; chimps have __.
Definition
23, 24
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Contrary to chimps, human telomeres are half as long.

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

In light of humans to chimps there are differences in repeating elements and differences in gene expression

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Human and Chimpanzee chromosomes are different.

Definition
TRUE
Term
Chimps have _____ faces, a ____ braincase, large, long ____, no ____ bone and a large zygomatic arched ___ ridge.
Definition
sloped, small, jaw, nasal, brow
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

Gorilla jaws and teeth are significantly different from humans.

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

There are major skeletal differences for walking in humans and chimps.

Definition
TRUE
Term

Human spine:

long and ____, pelvis: _____, thighbone is angled ______, kneejoint present, foot is ____ and no opposable big toe.

Definition
curved, broader, inward, arched
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

Location of forearm magnum on a quadrapedal ape is toward the front of the ape.

Definition

FALSE!

It's towards the rear of the ape.

Term
Apes can be ______ and humans _______ to make them seem similar.
Definition
upgraded, downgraded
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Apes are designed to slump but not humans.

Definition
TRUE
Term
HUMANS ARE NOT SIMILAR TO CHIMPS!
Definition
Main point
Term
Footprints left in vocanic ash are called _____.
Definition
Laetoli
Term

Laetoli:

The footprints showed at least __ individuals walking upright, side by side with no diverged bid toe; where presumed to be ________ because of the 3.6 m.y.a. date.

Definition
2, Australopithecus
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

There is debate whether Lucy walked upright or was a knuckle walker.

Definition
TRUE
Term
Biological molecules -> then cells arose from a primordial soup according to ______.
Definition
evolutionist
Term
Each living thing, specially created, full formed; made to reproduce after it's kind... This belief is held by _______
Definition
creationist (CORRECT!)
Term
The belief that living things could arise from non-living material is ______ ______.
Definition
Spontaneous generation
Term
In the late 1800's, ______ & _____ showed that spontaneous generation was false.
Definition
Pasteur, Virchow
Term
A theory stating that all living things are made of cells is the ___ theory.
Definition
cell
Term
Every cell comes from a ___-____ cell!
Definition
pre existing
Term
____ to proteins is the central Dogma of Biology
Definition
DNA
Term

DNA is transcribed into ____

 

Definition
mRNA
Term
mRNA is translated into amino acid sequence of _____.
Definition
proteins
Term

______are required for making DNA and RNA.

 

Definition
Proteins
Term
DNA CANNOT FORM SPONTANEOUSLY!
Definition
Term
DNA is impossible to make without _____.
Definition
Enzymes
Term
______are made from RNA.
Definition
Proteins
Term
DNA can be made from _____.
Definition
RNA
Term
_______ Crick suggested that life came from outer space. (LOL)
Definition
Francis
Term
Only __% of Lucy's bones where found.
Definition
40
Term
Lucy's baby was named "______"
Definition
Selam
Term
Our oldest ancestor was found July ____. Researchers reported the "______" skull in a place called ____. Appeared to have an ape sized brain, but short face and small canines; days later scientists argue they are actually female gorillas.
Definition
2002, Toumai, Chad
Term

Making a protein requires:

DNA_______

mRNA intermediate

_______(protein factory)

_____ with amino acids

Definition
instructions, Ribosomes, tRNA
Term

Mutations:

Change in ____/____ codon

Change in _______, regulation

Change in ____ ____ sequence.

 

Definition
stop/start, promoter, amino acid
Term
DNA replication, RNA transcription, protein synthesis and amino acid synthesis require _______.
Definition
enzymes
Term

______ was the 1st biological molecule made in a lab in the 1800's; Miller and ____ synthesized amino acids.

WHY?

No ______

Definition
Urea, Urey, Oxygen
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:
Making amino acids does not = proteins

 

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Proteins must have a specific amino acid sequence for function.

Definition
TRUE
Term
Proteins are only made of ____(L) handed amino acids; Proteins could not form spontaneously!
Definition
left
Term
"If you find a _____ on the beach, you know that there was a designer; it didn't just arise spontaneously" ~ ______ Paley
Definition
watch, William
Term
Natural selection cannot be used because no advantage for individual components; system must have been in a place ____ formed.
Definition
fully
Term

____ ____ Example:

May be modified or improved but certain features are minimally reoccured for function; no selective advantage for intermediate/ precursor. All components must be present and functional.

Definition
Mouse Trap
Term
Bacterial _____ is irreducibly ______!
Definition
Flagellum, complex
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

The flagellum came second.

Definition

FALSE!

It came first!

Term

Many diseases result from a ___ of genetic information; this is an example of _______.

 

Definition
loss, devolution
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Almost anything can appear to follow a evolutionary progression.

Definition
TRUE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE:

Similarity proves common ancestory.

Definition

FALSE!

It does NOT prove common ancestory.

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