BIOL 101 Quiz 7: Biology: Liberty University (Already graded A)

BIOL 101 QUIZ 7
•    Question 1

    
    The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by            
        
            
•    Question 2

    
    Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:            
        
            
•    Question 3

    
    The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring today are harmful because            
        
            
•    Question 4

    
    Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable mutations in an environment that            
        
            
•    Question 5

    
    Which of the following represents three classes of mutations, each of which affects the evolutionary process differently?            
        
            
•    Question 6

    
    “Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that            
        
            
•    Question 7

    
    To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation            
        
            
•    Question 8

    
    Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?            
        
            
•    Question 9

    
    Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of            
        
            
•    Question 10

    
    The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real population if            
        
            
•    Question 11

    
    In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best be described as            
        
            
•    Question 12

    
    Romans 8 describes modern living organisms as            
        
            
•    Question 13

    
    In the evolutionary model, mutation ______ genes that will develop a better organism while natural selection ______ genes that will develop a better organism.            
        
            
•    Question 14

    
    Directional selection has been used to            
        
            
•    Question 15

    
    The role of the barbule in the primary flight feather is to            
        
            
•    Question 16

    
    One major problem with the speculation that the origin of life occurred at geothermal vent is that            
        
            
•    Question 17

    
    One advantage associated with viewing RNA as the original site of information storage in the primitive cell is that RNA            
        
            
•    Question 18

    
    Which of the following organisms were not observed by Charles Darwin while reading and voyaging the world?            
        
            
•    Question 19

    
    During the formation of a feather which of the following structures appears as a result of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?            
        
            
•    Question 20

    
    Which of the following phrases best evaluates the naturalistic hypothesis for its value in explaining the origins of new structures like the flight feather?            
        
            
•    Question 21

    
    One important value that disruptive selection can have to a natural population is that it            
        
            
•    Question 22

    
    The third stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record could best be described as            
        
            
•    Question 23

    
    One problem associated with evolving a system in which RNA bases code for amino acids is that            
        
            
•    Question 24

    
    One feature of Enlightenment Thinking was the tendency to            
        
            
•    Question 25

    
    Which of the following represents an observation Charles Darwin made while reading and voyaging the world?