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Anderson SSFT Final Questions and Answers 2024
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Anderson SSFT FinalAdult stem cells - answer A "general cell" found among specialized cells. It is believed
to be able to be used for transplants. Transplanting these adult stem cells could
potentially cure diseased cells in the brain and nervous system, or to cure other
diseases. A.K.A. Somatic Stem Cells
Altruism - answer Behavior that reduces individual health for the health of the offspring.
Or, the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of
others. Some see this as an argument against evolution. However, altruism is seen in
animals also...not just humans (bees will die to protect hive). Human altruism is unique
though .
Augustine - answers (blank), and to most other interpreters throughout history, until
Darwin put the believers on the defensive, the first chapters of Genesis had much more
the feel of a morality play than an eyewitness report on the evening news
Behe, Michael - answer professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, known for his
book "Darwins Black Box" and his beliefs about irreducible complexity. Intelligent design
supportor
Cloning - answerA term describing many processes that can produce virtually identical
(genetically) copies of a biological entity. The copied genetic material is referred to as
the clone.
Dembski, William - answerMathematician and Philosopher who devoloped the idea of
"Specified Complexity"
Embryonic Stem Cells - answerPluripotent cells derived from the inner cell mass of a
blastocyst. It is believed that these cells can be harvested, grown and used to treat
many diseases.
In Vitro Fertilization - answerprocess by which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the
body, There may be leftover embryos or eggs from IVF procedures if the woman for
whom they were originally created has successfully carried one or more pregnancies to
term. With the woman's or couple's permission, left over embryos or eggs may be
donated to help other women or couples as a means of third party reproduction.
Irreducible Complexity - answeran argument by proponents of intelligent design that
certain biological systems are too complex to have evolved from simpler, or "less
complete" predecessors, through unguided natural selection. Michael Behe loves this
argument.
, Macro-evolution - answeris evolution on a scale of separated gene pool, resulting in
species change. Involves speciation and punctuated equilibrium
Micro-evolution - answeris the change in allele frequencies that occur over time within a
population. Below the level of species change. This change is due to four different
processes: mutation, selection (natural and artificial), gene flow, and genetic drift
Morris, Henry - answerthe YEC movement was further crystallized by the publication of
THE GENESIS FLOOD and other writings of members of the Institute for Creation
Research, founded by (blank). Among the many assertions of (blank) were that the
geologic strata and the fossils within the various layers were created in a few weeks by
the worldwide flood described in Genesis 6-9, rather than having been deposited over
hundreds of millions of years.
Will Paley - answerpresented in the 19th century the argument that complexity requires
a designer. (related to the 2nd proposition of ID, "evolution is flawed, since it cannot
account for the intricate complexity of nature.")
Pluripotent - answerrefers to a stem cell that has the potential to differentiate into any of
the three germ layers: endoderm (interior stomach lining, gastrointestinal tract, the
lungs), mesoderm (muscle, bone, blood, urogenital), or ectoderm (epidermal tissues
and nervous system). (Blank) cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the
body; embryonic stem cells are considered (blank)
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - answerHelps to discover genetic defects in
embryos. Can help identify things like diabetes or down syndrome before a baby is born
Reproductive Cloning - answerrefers to the procedure of creating a new multicellular
organism, genetically identical to another.
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer - answerlaboratory technique for creating a viable
embryo from a body cell and an egg cell. Dollythe sheep was created using this. Used
in both therapeutic and reproductive cloning
Therapeutic Cloning - answerThe goal is not to create cloned human beings (called
"reproductive cloning"), but rather to harvest stem cells that can be used to study
human development and to potentially treat disease. Therapeutic cloning is achieved by
creating embryonic stem cells in the hopes of treating diseases such as diabetes and
Alzheimer's.
Ussher, Bishop - answerwas Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armaghand Primate of All
Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar, who most famously
published a chronology that purported to establish the time and date of the creation as
the night preceding Sunday, 23 October 4004 BC, according to theproleptic Julian
calendar.
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