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In some places on Earth, a rock layer (stratum) will contain fossils that, according to evolution, should be millions of years older than the fossils in the stratum beneath it. Explain whether evolution or the biblical Flood account can better explain these situations. |
The biblical Flood account can better explain these situations because fossils are sorted mostly by habitat and mobility, in the crust.
This corresponds with the biblical view of a rapid burial during the Flood of Noah, with adjacent strata being formed within weeks, or maybe days of each other. It is not shocking, during the Flood, that some fossils were out of order, because the waters were raging out of control. According to evolution, fossils should be arranged in a simple-to-complex sequence. The older fossils should be in lower strata and younger fossils in higher strata. This would mean each stratum that was formed over thousands or millions of years should never be an older stratum above a younger stratum. |
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What BEST explains why biblical ideas are foundational to modern science investigation?
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the Bible proves an interpretive framework by which to view nature
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What BEST explains why evolution is not true science?
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evolution can be neither observed nor tested by experiment
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What is NOT true about scientific experiments?
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a single experiment is sufficient to verify a hypothesis
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What BEST explains a problem with the horse series?
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most of the "horse ancestors" in the fossil record are within the range of variation of modern horses
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What BEST explains why the peppered moth does not demonstrate evolution?
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only the population ratios shifted
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What is NOT a reason that natural selection cannot produce new kinds?
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natural selection causes variation within the gene pool
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early human" that was actually an extinct pig
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Nebraska man
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group that includes the controversial "Java man" and "Peking man" and other fossils that are fully human
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Homo erectus
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human fossil characterized by heavy brows, sloping foreheads, powerful physiques, and larger brains than modern humans; named after the valley in which the first remains were found
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Neanderthal Man
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group of extinct apes that includes "Lucy" and "Tuang child"; name means "southern ape"
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australopithecine
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fossils of cave-dwelling people virtually indistinguishable from humans; named after the cave in which the first remains were found
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Cro-Magnon man
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"early human" that was actually a deliberate hoax
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Piltdown man
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extinct ape, now thought to be similar to modern orangutans, that was once considered a human ancestor"
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Ramapithecus
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small, chimpanzee-like creature regarded by evolutionists as an early human but by creationists as a mixture of human and ape fossils; name means "handy man"
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Homo habilis
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The quasi-religious idea that earth and all living things that inhabit in constitute a single living thing is the ____ hypothesis.
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Gaia
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Changes within a particular kind of organism due to variations in the gene pool are called ____.
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speciation
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Reasoning from specific events in nature to their general causes is the _____ reasoning .
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inductive
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The evolutionary hypothesis that states that evolution occurs in sudden spurts followed by long periods without noticeable change
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punctuated equilibrium
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The idea that all living things are composed of cells and cell products and that all cells come from preexisting cells is the ____.
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cell theory
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Remains or impressions of plants, animals, or humans preserved in rock ____.
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fossils
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The belief that living things can arise from nonliving things is called ____.
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spontaneous generation
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Francesco Redi demonstrates that maggots do not arise from rotting meat by performing an experiment involving meat in three jars: two covered with different materials and one jar open to the air. in this experiment, the uncovered jar was the ____ group.
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control
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The principle that animals or plants well suited to their environment are more likely to survive than organisms poorly suited to their environment is called ____.
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natural selection
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Early Greek naturalist who advocated spontaneous generation as the origin of life
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Anaximander
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Greek philosopher who taught that intellect is the highest form of reality
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Aristotle
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Roman general who wrote a book called "Natural History"
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Pliny the Elder
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Anatomist who wrote a monumental book called "Fabrica"; considered the Father of Anatomy
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Andreas Vesalius
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Greek physician and anatomist who lived in Rome; was the absolute authority in human anatomy for over a thousand years
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Galen
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British physiologist noted for his studies of the heart and the circulation of the blood
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Wiliam Harvey
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Dutch naturalist who devoted his life to microscopy
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Similarities among organisms that are designed for the same environment but are different in internal structure demonstrate ____.
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analogy
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A tentative solution to a scientific problem is an ____.
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hypothesis
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The study of fossils is ____.
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paleontology |
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A theory that has stood the test of time and has been verified by experiment after experiment may eventually be referred to as a ____.
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scientific law
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The hypothetical simple-to-complex sequence of fossils based upon circular reasoning is the ____.
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geologic column
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The false hypothesis, proposed by Ernst Haeckel, that states that the development of an unborn child demonstrates a "replay" of evolution from simple invertebrates to man is ____.
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recapitulation
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The sudden appearance of living things of great variety in the fossil record, showing no evidence of evolution, is the ____.
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Cambrian explosion
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The idea that living things can come only from other living things is the _____.
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Law of Biogenesis |
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Hypothetical fossils that would connect one kind of organism with another kind by a series of tiny steps would be _____. |
transitional forms |
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The _____ is an unusual lobe-finned fish that was erroneously regarded as the ancestor of amphibians. |
coelacanth |
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experiment in which all factors are identical except the one being tested
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controlled experiment
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special problem-solving method employed by scientists
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the scientific method
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French scientist who founded the science of comparative anatomy
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Georges Cuvier
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idea that science can provide answers for all problems in life
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scientism
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fossil bird with unusual feathers that is often incorrectly cited as a rising link between birds and reptiles
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Archaeopteryx
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British naturalist who wrote "The Origin of Species" and "The Descent of Man"
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Charles Darwin
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18th-century British theologian who argued that living things show clear evidence of design
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William Paley
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a fossil used by evolutionists to identify the "age" of a rock layer containing it
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index fossil
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the "science" founded by some of Darwin's followers of selectively breeding humans to produce a "master race"
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eugenics
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process of assigning "ages" to rocks and fossils based on the breakdown of certain elements into elements
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radiometric dating
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