Evolution vs Intelligent Design Vocab

A proposed explanation to a problem based on prior knowledge and observations.

• law

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

an event or process that is true at all times

• law

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

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a hypothesis that has been tested many times and is supported by a large body of scientific evidence

• law

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

True or False: Scientific theory is often revised when new evidence is discovered.

• true

• false

True or False: Darwinian Evolution is a theory, while Intelligent Design is not.

• true

• false

Scientific evidence on origins is usually interpreted based on _______.

• how long the scientist has been studying the topic

• the worldview of the scientist

• the type of education/length of education of the scientist

Heritable changes that occur in a population of organism over time.

• evolution

• microevolution

• macroevolution

• gene flow

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All the genes, including all the different alleles for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time

• allele

• gene pool

• genome

• mitosis

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Which of the following describes microevolution?

• cannot be observed

• requires millions of years

• changes occur within a population by recombining genes or through mutations

• formation of new kinds of species

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Which of the following describes macroevolution?

• molecules to man

• small changes within a gene pool

• undisputed by scientists

• observed through adaptations and variation within a species

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