Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106)  -  Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe

Quick Evolution/Creationism Survey

General Directions:  Answer each of the following questions True (T) or False (F).

1. _____ The Catholic Church denies the existence of evolution.

2. _____ The theory of evolution denies the existence of a creator God.

3. _____ Any scientific findings that contradict the Bible should be discarded.

4. _____ Evolution cannot be tested because it happened in the past.

5. _____ Landforms like the Grand Canyon were created by God and have not changed since then.

6. _____ Fossils were intentionally put on Earth to confuse humans

7. _____ Genesis is the best account of how the Earth was created and populated with life

8. _____ Humans and apes share a more common ancestry than humans and dogs

9. _____ Events in nature occur as part of a predetermined plan.

10. _____ The Genesis account of creation should be taught in public schools as a  viable alternative to evolution.

11. _____ Both evolution and creationism are scientifically valid theories

12. _____ Virtually all scientists consider evolution to be a fact

13. _____ Humans exist today in the same form in which they always have

14. _____ The Earth is approximately 4-5 billion years old

15. _____ Organisms exist in essentially the same form in which they always have

16. _____ Evolution is only a theory, not a fact

17. _____ Scientists must limit their investigations to the natural world

18. _____ Evolution is a testable

19. _____ Evolution is falsifiable

20. _____ To make any scientific conclusions about historic occurrences in nature, there must be direct observation.

Last updated:  10/20/2008 � Copyright  by SG Saupe