BYU BIO 250 (Exam 1) UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Evolution generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in
a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed life over an
immense time
the unifying concept for all of biology
Ophelia Syndrome When you can't think for yourself type of thing; her father told her to "think
yourself a baby" dependent on others for every action
How to treat the Ophelia Syndrome - Seek Out and Learn from Great Teachers
- Dare to Know and Trust Yourself
- Learn to Live with Uncertainty
- Practice Dialectical Thinking (thinking in alternatives and, if possible, in
opposites)
- Foster Idle Thinking
- Plan to Step Out Of Bounds
What are the costs and benefits of thinking for yourself? Cost: opposing opinions, takes work
Benefits: we can contribute great things to the world
Creationist Doctrine the literal interpretation of time periods/eve
Ex nihilo creation, Biblical Literalism, Biblical Exclusivity, Bible as a Comprehensive
Source.
Are we creationists? no (specifically rejected by Joseph Smith) but we do have a doctrine of creation
Who provides official church doctrine? The prophet does, when what is being presented as doctrine, and is undersigned
by the first presidency.
Why did the church release a statement on the "Origin of It was the anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Man"
Man" in 1908? In the early 1900s, questions concerning the Creation of the earth and the
theories of evolution became the subject of much public discussion.
What did Joseph F. Smith say about the origins of Adam's Adam took upon himself "an appropriate body"
body? There were 3 possible ways it could have came to be:
1) Interplanetary transportation meaning he was born on another planet and then
moved to this one.
2) He was born on earth like everyone else.
3) Divinely directed evolution
What was the church's position on evolution in 1911? Suggests evolution is 'more or less a fallacy' but points out that the Church has no
official position on how the Lord created the earth.
What is the church's position on evolution now? No official position (nothing has been revealed)
, Who published "The Mormon View of Evolution", and Heber J. Grant, published in 1925 because saw a need to reiterate the 1909 official
why? statement on "The Origin of Man" with a few modifications (removed anti-
evolution - sounding phrases)
What was the purpose of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"? The trial came about because a high school biology teacher taught evolution in
his classroom, the trial subsequently came to the supreme court where it was
ruled that creationist doctrine cannot be taught in public school. The case came
down to first amendment separation of church and state
Who responded to the conflicting teachings of B.H. Talmage -- who wrote "the earth and man"
Roberts and Joseph Fielding Smith?
What was Joseph Fielding Smith's thoughts on evolution "Man: His Origin and Destiny" — very anti-evolution
in the book he published?
According to Pres. J. Reuben Clark, who has the right to The president of the church or anyone acting under the direction of the president
settle church doctrine? of the church
What are President Kimball's thoughts on the origin of "the story of the rib, of course, is figurative"
Eve's body?
How did BYU settle contradicting teachings on evolution - published the "BYU Evolution Packet:
within the school? - assigned one of the professors to make it, gave him access to all the minutes of
every meeting of the first presidency and went through them to find everything
that was said about evolution
Why do you think church members struggle with the struggle between faith and reason (science)
'evolution' question?
What patterns in the natural world were known to -Nested Hierarchical Structure of Life
Darwin? -Evidence for Extinction
-Succession of fossil types
-Geographical relationships of similar species (Sarawak Law)
-Shared embryonic features
-Common 'design blueprints' for structures with different functions
-Vestigial organs in many species
What did Cuvier publish, and what did it prove? A list of 23 species that were extinct (1802) -- proved that things go extinct
- this was contrary to creationist doctrine
What is uniformitarianism? The idea that the current processes that we observe today are the same
processes that were in effect in the past.
geological principles of succession -Superposition
-Original horizontality
- Cross cutting structures are younger than what it crosses
- Inclusion
- Uniformitarianism
geological Superposition bottom layers are older than upper layers.
CORRECT Answers
Evolution generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in
a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed life over an
immense time
the unifying concept for all of biology
Ophelia Syndrome When you can't think for yourself type of thing; her father told her to "think
yourself a baby" dependent on others for every action
How to treat the Ophelia Syndrome - Seek Out and Learn from Great Teachers
- Dare to Know and Trust Yourself
- Learn to Live with Uncertainty
- Practice Dialectical Thinking (thinking in alternatives and, if possible, in
opposites)
- Foster Idle Thinking
- Plan to Step Out Of Bounds
What are the costs and benefits of thinking for yourself? Cost: opposing opinions, takes work
Benefits: we can contribute great things to the world
Creationist Doctrine the literal interpretation of time periods/eve
Ex nihilo creation, Biblical Literalism, Biblical Exclusivity, Bible as a Comprehensive
Source.
Are we creationists? no (specifically rejected by Joseph Smith) but we do have a doctrine of creation
Who provides official church doctrine? The prophet does, when what is being presented as doctrine, and is undersigned
by the first presidency.
Why did the church release a statement on the "Origin of It was the anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Man"
Man" in 1908? In the early 1900s, questions concerning the Creation of the earth and the
theories of evolution became the subject of much public discussion.
What did Joseph F. Smith say about the origins of Adam's Adam took upon himself "an appropriate body"
body? There were 3 possible ways it could have came to be:
1) Interplanetary transportation meaning he was born on another planet and then
moved to this one.
2) He was born on earth like everyone else.
3) Divinely directed evolution
What was the church's position on evolution in 1911? Suggests evolution is 'more or less a fallacy' but points out that the Church has no
official position on how the Lord created the earth.
What is the church's position on evolution now? No official position (nothing has been revealed)
, Who published "The Mormon View of Evolution", and Heber J. Grant, published in 1925 because saw a need to reiterate the 1909 official
why? statement on "The Origin of Man" with a few modifications (removed anti-
evolution - sounding phrases)
What was the purpose of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"? The trial came about because a high school biology teacher taught evolution in
his classroom, the trial subsequently came to the supreme court where it was
ruled that creationist doctrine cannot be taught in public school. The case came
down to first amendment separation of church and state
Who responded to the conflicting teachings of B.H. Talmage -- who wrote "the earth and man"
Roberts and Joseph Fielding Smith?
What was Joseph Fielding Smith's thoughts on evolution "Man: His Origin and Destiny" — very anti-evolution
in the book he published?
According to Pres. J. Reuben Clark, who has the right to The president of the church or anyone acting under the direction of the president
settle church doctrine? of the church
What are President Kimball's thoughts on the origin of "the story of the rib, of course, is figurative"
Eve's body?
How did BYU settle contradicting teachings on evolution - published the "BYU Evolution Packet:
within the school? - assigned one of the professors to make it, gave him access to all the minutes of
every meeting of the first presidency and went through them to find everything
that was said about evolution
Why do you think church members struggle with the struggle between faith and reason (science)
'evolution' question?
What patterns in the natural world were known to -Nested Hierarchical Structure of Life
Darwin? -Evidence for Extinction
-Succession of fossil types
-Geographical relationships of similar species (Sarawak Law)
-Shared embryonic features
-Common 'design blueprints' for structures with different functions
-Vestigial organs in many species
What did Cuvier publish, and what did it prove? A list of 23 species that were extinct (1802) -- proved that things go extinct
- this was contrary to creationist doctrine
What is uniformitarianism? The idea that the current processes that we observe today are the same
processes that were in effect in the past.
geological principles of succession -Superposition
-Original horizontality
- Cross cutting structures are younger than what it crosses
- Inclusion
- Uniformitarianism
geological Superposition bottom layers are older than upper layers.
