C-SCIE1101 Module 1 Reading Assessment

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According to Gallup polls between 1984 and 2014, there has been a large change in American’s views on origins / evolution during that time frame
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In general, those who hold to the “God has no part in origins” view
- claim that those who hold to the “God created human beings view” are ignorant and deluded
- are accepting of the “God created human beings view” as an alternative possibility
- believe that the universe is less than 10,000 years old
- state that their view starts with faith, not science
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In general, those who hold to the “God created human beings” view
- claim that science does not support evolution
- believe that the universe is billions of years old
- state that their view starts with science, not faith
- do not study science
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In general those who hold to the “God guided evolution” view
- claim to have found a solution to the tension between the other two views
- agree on exactly what role God played in the evolutionary process
- believe that the universe is less than 10,000 years old
- do not study science
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Science is the best tool to answer all questions
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- True
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Consider a scientist conducting an experiment to determine the effectiveness of a newly discovered garden fertilizer. Which of the following would contribute to high confidence in the results? (select all that apply)
- the scientist carries out each set of conditions multiple times
- the scientist reports the results in terms of how healthy they looked
- the scientist plans the details of the experiment, including the control variables before doing the experiment
- the scientist will receive a large bonus from his employer if the new fertilizer proves to be effective
- after the experiment have been completed, a colleague points out that the soil used in some parts of the experiment came from an unknown source; the scientist then redoes the experiment being careful to control for the soil source this time
- in the report, the scientist concludes that “these results prove that the new fertilizer will give at least a 10% increase in all crop yields in the country”
- the scientist states that if the fertilizer had been available a couple hundred years ago, the results would have been similar
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Which of the following is NOT a reason why the cholesterol-reducing drug example in Stadler (chapter 3) exemplifies high-confidence science?
- the article also provides conclusive proof of the secondary, post-hoc analysis
- enough details of the study are provided such that the trial could be repeated
- the study was planned and registered in a national database before enrolling any subjects
- patients and medical staff were unaware of who was receiving treatments of the drug or the placebo
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In the above study, if instead of randomly assigning patients to drug and placebo it was determined that men would receive the placebo and women would receive the drug, how would this reduce the confidence of the study?
- by adding potential bias
- by making the study so that it could not be repeated
- by making the study retrospective instead of prospective
- by overstating the results
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In Stadler (chapter 3), why was the cholesterol-reducing drug (alirocumab) an example of high-confidence science whereas the heart failure medication (digitalis) was an example of low-confidence science?
- the alirocumab study used a large, randomized, controlled trial to answer the question, whereas no digitalis study has done so
- the alirocumab study addressed a question that could be answered by high-confidence science, but the digitalis study addressed a question that could not
- the digitalis study addressed a question that could be answered by high-confidence science, but the alirocumab study addressed a question that could not
- neither study addresses a question that can be answered by high-confidence science, but the authors of the alirocumab study stated their results with more confidence
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The purpose of the book titled The Design and Complexity of the Cell is to:
- show the clear presence of design while explaining the structure and function of cells
- show how the structure and function of the cell came about by random chance
- show that the cell has no clear structure or function
- show how people can design a complex cell
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Science is a morally neutral discipline
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What does the term “abiogenesis” refer to?
- the study of how cellular life began from non-living chemicals
- the study of how cellular life ends
- the study of how cellular life evolved over time
- the study of cells in the book of Genesis
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Scientists have observed abiogenesis in a laboratory setting under carefully controlled conditions.
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Which of the following best describes the interdependency of DNA, RNA and protein?
- each of the other two are needed to make the third
- only DNA is needed to make RNA and only RNA is needed to make protein
- only protein is needed to make both DNA and RNA
- only RNA is needed to make both protein and DNA
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Which of the following is NOT a shortcoming of the Miller-Urey experiments to demonstrate the plausibility of abiogenesis?
- the experimental conditions produced detectable amounts of some amino acids
- reactants had to be removed otherwise they would destroy the products
- other biomolecules (DNA and RNA) are needed to direct synthesis of useful proteins from amino acids
- proteins present in biological systems only contain left-handed forms of amino acids
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Miller-Urey-like experiments have been able to produce all 20+ amino acids necessary to make proteins.
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- True
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Assuming that all of the needed biomolecules had somehow been formed, what is the primary challenge for explaining how random processes could assemble these into a functioning cell?
- there is essentially zero statistical probability of randomly organizing these biomolecules into even the simplest cell
- there is about 10% statistical probability of randomly organizing these biomolecules into even the simplest cell
- the minimal set of genes required for basic cellular life is estimated to be much less than the lowest number of genes ever found in the simplest cell
- the minimal set of genes required for basic cellular life is estimated to be much more than the lowest number of genes ever found in the simplest cell
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Is DNA synthesis technology an example of artificial life?
- no, because most parts of the cell are untouched
- no, because the cell is made from scratch
- yes, because most parts of the cell are untouched
- yes, because the cell is made from scratch
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In DNA synthesis, what is used to copy DNA?
- already living and fully functioning yeast cells
- a computer
- fully synthetic RNA and proteins
- fully synthetic cells
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