Because a whale’s flipper and a bat’s wing have similar bone structure, evolutionists refer to the body parts as
homologous structure
A cell membrane is selectively permeable, meaning that
Some substances can pass through, but not others
A bacterium’s DNA is located in its
cytosol
what are the three characteristics of living things
needing energy, reproducing, responding to stimuli in the environment
A cross between purebred peas with inflated pods and purebred peas with pinched pods resulted in peas with all inflated pods. What is the recessive trait?
Pinched pods
Which method of rock dating can be used only for “young” fossils?
carbon-14 dating
What is the correct order of events for bacteria reproduction?
one bacterium, DNA replicates, cell membrane pinches in, two bacteria
Which type of sexual reproduction may be used by paramecia to exchange DNA through their oral grooves?
conjugation
Day-neutral plants are not affected by?
The length of night
What kind of symmetry can be divided into left and right halves through a midline?
bilateral
Describe at least two differences between snakes and lizards.
snakes do not have legs snakes do not have ear openings, they have immovable eyelids
A mammal that has a pouch where its young develop is called a
marsupial
sea urchins and other marine animals with radial symmetry and spiny skin
echinoderms
Evolutionary taxonomists classify or reclassify animals on what basis?
common ancestor
Which organelle is often called the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What are the three parts of the nucleotide
base, sugar, phosphate
What is an example of homeostasis in the human body
sweating or respiration
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Name one of Mendel’s principles of heredity
In a cross of purebred parents, all offspring will show the dominant trait,
Two alleles for a parent’s gene separate and then each combines with an allele from the other parent,
Each allele is passed to the offspring independently of the other alleles
A fossil is found above an igneous rock layer that is dated at 50 million years Scientists would then conclude that the fossil is
younger than 50 millions years old
Which structure protects bacteria from drying out?
capsule
How does a protist digest food that it has consumed?
by using enzymes found in food vacuoles
When a plant receives light from only one direction, hormones cause
the dark side of the stem to grow faster than the light side of the stem.
Lampreys and hagfish differ from other fish because they
have no jaws
What characteristics do crocodiles not share with other reptiles?
Give an example of an echinoderm.
sea cucumber, starfish, sea urchins, crinoids
arthropods with either eight or ten legs
crustaceans
What is a biblical outcome when determining wise ethical decisions
giving God glory, helping creation thrive, helping people flourish
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What is found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a cell membrane
What base forms a base pair with guanine in DNA?
Cytosine
What is a phenotype
it’s the characteristics
T. rex teeth found in a fossil graveyard are which kind of fossil?
Original material
How are archaea different from bacteria?
they do not contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls
Which organism sweeps food particles into its oral groove?
paramecium
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Which plant hormone acts as an inhibitor to the other hormones?
abscisic plant
Sharks and rays are examples of __________ fish.
cartilaginous
Snakes often need sunlight to warm their sluggish bodies after a cold night because they are
ectotherms
Identify the three major categories of worms.
flat, round and segmented
jellyfish and coral
cnidarians
Why do evolutionists and creationists view the history of change in living things differently?
They start with a different worldview
Which small structures, found in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, assemble proteins for the cell?
Ribosomes
The shape of a DNA molecule was first described by Watson and Crick to be a
Double helix
Alleles for a dominate trait are represented with __________ letters
Uppercase
How is today’s modern classification system most different from the original Linnaean classification system?
many animals have been reclassified according to their supposed evolutionary relationships in looking for a common ancestor
What characteristic do all protists have in common?
having membrane bound nuclei and membrane bound organelles
Which plant hormone causes fruit to ripen?
ethylene
A chelicera is a type of
mouthpart
Which category of invertebrates includes creatures that can fly?
insects
invertebrates (except for cephalopods) that rely on hard shells for protection
mollusks
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What are examples that show that life is divinely engineered
Even a single cell displays great complexity, all the tiny cells of an organism Work Together To maintain homeostasis, a remarkable amount of energy and information is required to sustain life
According to cell theory all living things are made of _____
cells
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What determines the protein that is built from a particular gene
the nucleotides present, and the order of the nucleotides
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What best describes amoeboid movement?
cytoplasm streaming into a bulge
What does Hormones cause plant cells to do?
grow in size
stop growing
divide
Leeches, a type of segmented worm, have repeating________________ that contain the same set of________?
body divisions
organs
Which group of animals is classified in phylum Cnidaria?
corals and sea anemones
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invertebrates without symmetry, cephalization, or guts
sponges
What is a statement that is true about naturalism.
living things come from natural process, Living things are a result of evolution, science is the Authority on truth
Are prokaryotes unicellular or multicellular
unicellular
Codons code for about twenty different __________ that are used to build proteins.
Amino acids
Which classification includes protists that can clump together into large single- celled masses?
slimemolds
Which plant organs demonstrate positive gravitropism?
Roots
Which animal is a “pore-bearer”?
sponge
Identify each of the following mammals as a marsupial, a monotreme, or a placental mammal: dog, echidna, kangaroo, opossum, platypus, and whale.
placental mammal: dog and whale
monotreme: echidna, platypus
marsupial: kangaroo, opossum
spiders, scorpions, and other arthropods with two body segments and eight legs
chelicerates
A gene is a section of a DNA molecule that codes for a unique
Protein
What is classified as plantlike protists?
algae
Plant cell walls are made of
cellulose
Animals are classified by the presence of
head region, body cavity and guts, backbone
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What are characteristic of all mammals?
They have hair.
They have mammary glands.
They produce milk.
the only invertebrates that can fly
insects
Which RNA is produced during transcription
mRNA
Young fern leaves that resemble violin scrolls are called
fiddleheads
A lobster is considered an invertebrate because it has
no backbone
Periodic shedding of skin by squamates is called
molting
long, soft-bodied animals with bilateral symmetry
worms
What is an example of a vascular plant?
fern
Baraminology comes from the Hebrew words meaning “__________.”
created kind
Invertebrates with jointed appendages are called
arthropods
Mosses and hornworts are attached to the ground with root-like
rhizoids
An animal, such as a bird, that can regulate its inner body temperature is an
endotherm
What structure attaches an embryo to a placenta?
umbilical cord
The category called bryophytes includes organisms
that do not have true roots, leaves, and stems.
Chordates can best be described as
All vertebrates have
backbones
endoskeletons
skulls
What is a cellular organelle found in all plants?
plastid
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Cephalization means that an animal has
sensory organs and a brain concentrated at one end.
Amphibian skin is characterized by
the ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What type of symmetry do jellyfish have?
radial
All animals are?
Consumers