Some sample questions from this category:
* What, exactly, is the theory of evolution?
* Which of the following is the most powerful driving force of evolution?
* The hair stands up on the back of our necks when we are afraid. What does this have to do with evolution?
* What do goosebumps have to do with evolution?
* We humans have lower back pain, varicose veins, and childbirth difficulties- what do these have to do with evolution?
* Which of the following animals has the most ideally-engineered eye-i.e., from an engineering standpoint, the eye that makes the most "sense" in the arrangement of its structures?
* Why do carnivores present a problem for creationist theory?
* What one characteristic below do all mammals share?
* Why do men and other male mammals have nipples?
* What is the main argument given by scientists for why creationism should not be given 'equal time' in our science classes?
* One of the most interesting transitional series is that between fish and amphibians. What surprising discovery does this series reveal?
* Creationists often criticize the fossil record because it has large gaps in it. Which is NOT a scientific reason that such gaps occur?
* Creationists try to dispute the very clearly documented evolution of horses, which includes a superb series of transitional fossils, by using several arguments. Which is NOT an argument that they use?
* The human muscular system also shows evidence of evolution, in that we have muscles that were developed for one thing, but not used for that purpose anymore. Which of the following is NOT vestigial?
* The transition from reptiles to mammals is another sequence with many well-documented examples. Which is NOT a pattern documented in this fossil sequence?
* What is a transitional fossil?
* How do transitional fossils best serve as evidence for evolution?
* Creationists often criticize transitional fossils by stating that there is no proof that a given fossil is the ancestor of a given species. What is one thing that is wrong with such criticisms?
* One of the most exciting developments in evolutionary biology was the discoveries of Pakicetus and Ambulocetus, fossils that were clearly a transitional form in the evolution of what group of mammals?
* The recurrent laryngeal nerve, which travels from the brain to the larynx (voicebox) in mammals, is often used as an example of imperfect design. Why?
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