Lesson test: What needs explaining

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What needs explaining

1.[2p]
What exactly does Paley infer design from?

That the parts are co-adapted to an end and the end fails if the arrangement is disturbed

Correct

That the object is more complicated than a stone

The answer is: That the parts are co-adapted to an end and the end fails if the arrangement is disturbed

That the object is beautiful

The answer is: That the parts are co-adapted to an end and the end fails if the arrangement is disturbed

That nobody has seen the object form by itself

The answer is: That the parts are co-adapted to an end and the end fails if the arrangement is disturbed

2.[2p]
Why is "the eye is badly built" a poor reply to Paley?

He grants that a watch can run badly and still obviously be a watch

Correct

He never claimed the eye was well built

The answer is: He grants that a watch can run badly and still obviously be a watch

Nobody has measured how well the eye works

The answer is: He grants that a watch can run badly and still obviously be a watch

It concedes that the eye has parts

The answer is: He grants that a watch can run badly and still obviously be a watch

3.[2p]
The retina holds about $1.2 \times 10^{8}$ rods and the optic nerve carries about $10^{6}$ fibres. By what factor is the input compressed?

CorrectNot quite: 120

4.[2p]
What did Owen name sameness of structure regardless of function?

CorrectNot quite: homology

5.[2p]
The Nilsson and Pelger model shows how vertebrate eyes actually evolved.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

6.[2p]
About 2.1 million species have been described against an estimated total of 8.7 million. What percentage has been described?

CorrectNot quite: 24.1

7.[3p]
Which of these are true of the nested pattern of characters?

Select all that apply

Nothing outside a branching history forces characters to be nestable

Correct

Linnaeus imposed the arrangement in 1735 with no theory of why it worked

Correct

A designer reusing good solutions would be free to break it

Correct

It follows directly from organisms being well adapted

The answer is: Nothing outside a branching history forces characters to be nestable, Linnaeus imposed the arrangement in 1735 with no theory of why it worked, A designer reusing good solutions would be free to break it

8.[2p]
Put these character sets in order, from the one covering most species to the one covering fewest.

Is a cell
Has a placenta
Has a backbone
Has hair

Show the answer

d, a, b, c

9.[2p]
Match each pair of structures to what the pair illustrates.

Bat wing and whale flipper
Bat wing and insect wing
Human arm and mole forelimb
Bird wing and butterfly wing

analogy
analogy
homology
homology

Show the answer

Bat wing and whale flipper: homology Bat wing and insect wing: analogy Human arm and mole forelimb: homology Bird wing and butterfly wing: analogy

1.[2p] What exactly does Paley infer design from?

2.[2p] Why is "the eye is badly built" a poor reply to Paley?

3.[2p] The retina holds about 1.2×108 rods and the optic nerve carries about 106 fibres. By what factor is the input compressed?

4.[2p] What did Owen name sameness of structure regardless of function?

5.[2p] The Nilsson and Pelger model shows how vertebrate eyes actually evolved.

6.[2p] About 2.1 million species have been described against an estimated total of 8.7 million. What percentage has been described?

7.[3p] Which of these are true of the nested pattern of characters?

8.[2p] Put these character sets in order, from the one covering most species to the one covering fewest.

9.[2p] Match each pair of structures to what the pair illustrates.

1.[2p]
What exactly does Paley infer design from?

2.[2p]
Why is "the eye is badly built" a poor reply to Paley?

3.[2p]
The retina holds about $1.2 \times 10^{8}$ rods and the optic nerve carries about $10^{6}$ fibres. By what factor is the input compressed?

4.[2p]
What did Owen name sameness of structure regardless of function?

5.[2p]
The Nilsson and Pelger model shows how vertebrate eyes actually evolved.

6.[2p]
About 2.1 million species have been described against an estimated total of 8.7 million. What percentage has been described?

7.[3p]
Which of these are true of the nested pattern of characters?

8.[2p]
Put these character sets in order, from the one covering most species to the one covering fewest.

9.[2p]
Match each pair of structures to what the pair illustrates.