Understanding Evolution and Creationism

What is the belief that the creation story in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible book of Genesis is literally true and is akin to a scientific explanation for the creation of the Earth and the development of life?

• Darwinian evolution

• Intelligent design

• Creationism

• Creation science

Which movement attempts to uncover scientific evidence to show that the biblical creation story is true?

• Darwinian evolution

• Intelligent design

• Creationism

• Creation science

What term describes the theory that life on Earth has evolved through natural selection, a process through which plants and animals change over time by adapting to their environments?

• Creationism

• Intelligent design

• Darwinian evolution

• Creation science

Which belief holds that life is too complex to have evolved entirely through natural processes and that an outside, possibly divine force must have played a role in the origin and development of life?

• Creationism

• Intelligent design

• Darwinian evolution

• Creation science

Who first articulated the theory that life on Earth has evolved through natural selection?

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

Which group within the creation science movement rejects not only evolution but also the idea that the universe and the Earth are billions of years old?

• Old Earth creationists

• Young Earth creationists

• Intelligent design proponents

• Theistic evolutionists

What is the primary mechanism by which Darwinian evolution occurs?

• Divine intervention

• Natural selection

• Genetic engineering

• Spontaneous generation

Which term refers to the belief that the biblical creation story is true and attempts to find scientific evidence to support this claim?

• Intelligent design

• Creation science

• Darwinian evolution

• Theistic evolution

What is the main argument of intelligent design proponents regarding the complexity of life?

• Life evolved through natural selection

• Life is too complex to have evolved entirely through natural processes

• Life was created exactly as described in the Bible

• Life originated from extraterrestrial sources

Which of the following is NOT a belief associated with creationism?

• The Earth is billions of years old

• The creation story in Genesis is literally true

• Evolution is rejected

• The Earth was created by a divine being