Quiz #13

What is the study of similarities and differences in the body structure of organisms?

• comparative anatomy

• physiological speculation

• species differentiation

• atomic theorization

What British philosopher wrote Natural Theology, in which he argued that the design seen in the world demonstrates God's existence?

• Georges Cuvier

• William Paley

• Werner Gitt

• Richard Dawkins

Some people believe the false idea that fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals came from a common ancestor. Which of the following terms describes this idea?

• macroevolution

• microevolution

• natural selection

• speciation

What are the similar five-fingered or five-toed forelimbs of many vertebrate animals and example of?

• phylogeny

• homology

• analogy

• ethology

Who developed the idea of comparative anatomy?

• Georges Cuvier

• Richard Dawkins

• Werner Gitt

• Willian Paley

What is an originally created type of organism?

• type

• kind

• species

• genus

When insects are sprayed with the pesticide DDT, insects that are resistant to DDT are more likely to survive. After several years, the DDT-resistant insects will become predominant. What idea describes this observation?

• natural selection

• artifical selection

• evolution

• macroevolution

What are sudden, permanent, random changes in an organism's DNA?

• variation

• mutation

• natural selection

• artificial selection

What term refers to the idea that information cannot occur by chance but must come from an intelligent source?

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• specified complexity

• mutation

Which view of life teaches that the species that exist today are identical to those that God created without any variation?

• world view

• evolution

• lawn view

• law of biogenesis