The intelligent design (ID) movement asserts that life forms are too complex to have been formed by natural processes and must therefore have been created by a higher intelligence. Attempts have been made to teach ID as an alternative theory to Darwinian evolution in biology classes in several states in the United States; however,
A. as a federal district judge ruled in a 2005 Pennsylvania case, ID violates the ground rules of science by invoking supernatural causation and making assertions that cannot be tested or falsified, and thus ID does not belong in a school's science curriculum.
B. the teaching of ID should be restricted to extracurricular activities, since it holds no scientific or cultural value.
C. ID should not be taught in schools, since it lacks a research and testing program and is unsupported by peer-reviewed research.
D. these attempts have always failed, because ID's proponents argue that it should be taught in place of Darwinian evolution.
E. ID should be taught as a hypothesis of human origins, not a theory.
Answer: A
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A. the spread and connectedness of production, communication, and technologies across the world B. the impact of the world on the rest of the universe C. opposition to global free trade D. the efforts by international financial powers to create a global free market for goods and services E. promotion of the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of farmers and workers
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Wallace did not believe natural selection explained evolution. b. Wallace never wanted to publish his results. c. Wallace could not present his findings because he was in Malaysia. d. Wallace was unable to fully define natural selection.
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A. following herds of big-game animals (woolly mammoths, especially). B. because they were gradually forced into new territories by the expansion of more advanced agricultural groups in Asia. C. in order to take advantage of large flint deposits in South America. D. in their search for colder climates, because these Neandertals were adapted to cold weather. E. because they were fleeing from warlike Cro-Magnon groups.