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What is the theory of evolution?
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This theory states that life began as a chance combination of nonliving chemicals
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What do the heavens declare?
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1
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What is the law of entropy?
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This law states that anything organized tends to become disorganized over time.
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What is the solar system?
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This system is made up of a sun, 8 planets and their moons, and 1000's of asteroids.
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What is the sun?
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This unusual, small, yellow star provides the perfect amount of energy for life on earth.
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What belongs to the Lord?
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The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Psalm 24:1-2
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What is the green house effect?
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This theory suggests that as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases the earth's temperature increases
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What is ozone
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This chemical is important for removing deadly radiation fromour atmosphere
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What is 21%
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This percentage of oxygen must always be in earth's atmosphere to maintain life
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What is a cataclysm?
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This is a violent, sudden change or disaster
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What is uniformitarianism?
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The belief that Earth's past geological changes can be fully explained by processes taking place now.
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What is the theory of continental drift?
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The idea that the continental plates can move.
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What is a radiometric dating?
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this method uses the decay rate of radioactive material to date objects
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What is inaccurate with radiometric dating?
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This method of dating assumes that you know specifics about the original material
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What is good science?
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THe constant search for accurate information
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Who was Copernicus?
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The Polish Scientist first promoted the theory that the planets went around the Sun
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Who was Charles Darwin?
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This man promoted natural selection as the method of evolutionary changes
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Who was Francesco Redi?
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This man discovered microscopic eggs were the source of flies on open meat.
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What is a cell?
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This contains amino acids, lipids, porphyrin and polynucleotides
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What are proteins?
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Long slender threads made up of amino acid chains
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What is natural Selection?
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The idea that the fittest survive and pass along their traits to their offspring.
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What are the Galapagos Islands?
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The place Darwin notice the adaptibility and variations withn animal species.
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What are chromosomes?
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Long thin strings composed of DNA and proteins which carry genes
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What is a fossil?
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The remains of traces of plants and animals that are found in rocks.
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What are strata?
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A layer of rock thought to have been laid down at the same time?
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What is the geological column?
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An imaginary column of rock believed to show various stages of fossilized life
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What is homologous?
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In biology, this term means similar structures of features of a plant or animal
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What is organic matter?
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This material comes from or is made up of once living things.
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What is Hominid?
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Bones paleontologist label as from the line of man
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What is a woodpecker?
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This bird's beak is designed witha pad of spongy tissue that acts as a shock absorber.
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What is a penquin?
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This bird is designed with a skin flap to keep an egg warm and perfectly shares the care of its chick with its mate.
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What is a mallee fowl?
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This Australlian bird uses her tongue to tell if her nest temperature has changed 1/10th of a degree.
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What is a bat?
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This mammal emits sounds up to 200,000 times a second to locate flying insects.
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What is a gazelle?
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This fast running African mammal would burn up its brains while running if not for a specifiacally designed cooling system.
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What is a termite?
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No matter what the weather, this insect always keeps its home at 64 degrees.
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What is a bee?
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This insect uses very specific dances to communicate.
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What is an army ant?
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This is one kind of insect which makes the queen's nest using its own workers.
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What is symbiotic?
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The relationship between two creatures which makes them mutually dependant upon each other to sustain life.
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What is mimicry?
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A possible defense mechanism where an animal is designed to look like something else.
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What is the hopeful monster theory?
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An evolutionary theory that occasionally an animal births a totally new creature.
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Who was Piltdown man?
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A stained human skull and filed ape jaw were claimed to be this being.
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What is Genesis 2:7?
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The Lord God formed the man from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being.
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What is skin?
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This organ helps regulate body temperature and is a disease barrier.
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What is a heart?
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The most powerful muscle in the body pumping 4000 gallons of blood a day.
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What are the lungs?
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These two organs pass oxygen into every red blood cell aqueezed through their cappilaries.
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What is the medulla oblangota?
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This lowest part of the brain is responsible for automatic responses.
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What is the cerebellum?
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This part of the brain is associated with voluntary responses.
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What is the cerebrum?
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The part of the brains controlling memory, senses, consciousness and reasoning.
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What is Romans 1:20?
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For since creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
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What is "Here is what the Lord says?"
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This phrase is in the Old Testament over 2000 times.
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What is archaeology?
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The scientific study of the remains of the past.
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Who is Jesus?
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The only man to fulfill perfectly every Old Testament prophesy.
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What is wine?
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Jesus turned 20 gallons of water into this in John 2:1-11
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Who was Lazarus?
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Jesus raised this friend from the dead in John 11:1-44
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What is the gap theory?
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This theory suggests there may have been long periods of time between each creation day.
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What is the day-age theory?
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In this theory each creation day represents a long period of time.
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What is the revelatory-day theory?
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This theory suggests it took God seven days to reveal how he created the world to Moses.
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