1: Origins science seeks to __________.
be a strictly experimental science such as physics or chemistry.
explain the causes of the universe, of life and its diversity.
ignore philosophy and religious views.


2: The doctrine of naturalism maintains that __________.
The laws of cause and effect are enough to explain all phenomena.
Eliminates the possibility of supernatural intervention from scientific explanation
Both


3: Intelligent Design addresses the question: _________________
Who specifically created everything?
Is life a the product of a guided or an unguided process?
Why was everything created as it is?


4: Intelligent Design or ID can be described as
A totally unscientific theory.
A theory that suggests that living systems show only randomness.
A theory that suggests intelligent causes may have played a role in the origin of the universe.


5: Mutation is the change in the sequence of chemical components called nucleic acids (or bases) in the DNA that spell out the ___________ for each gene in an organism.
instructions
attitudes
questions


6: allele: One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a _____________ on a specific chromosome.
several positions
no positions
specific position


7: Christian scientists called this information genetic encoding and study the science of genetic encoding under the science of _________ design.
intelligent
random
natural


8: Intelligent Design is simply the science of design detection -- how to recognize _________ arranged by an intelligent cause for a purpose.
random information
patterns
chemical reactons


9: DNA is a linear ________ that is composed of four different building blocks, the nucleotides.
polymer
element
none of the above


10: DNA molecules are incredibly long, but also very thin.
true
false
not enough information given