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Question 1
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
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Question 2
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
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60% (01:09) correct 40%
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Question 3
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
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71% (01:09) correct 29%
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Question 4
B
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"Darwinism's Effect on Science" by Matthew Minerd (2014)
For much of the history of human thought, the sciences have studied subjects that seemed to be eternal and unchanging. Even the basic laws of the Nile’s flooding were investigated in the hopes of finding never-altering laws. Similarly, the scientific investigations of the ancient Near East and Greece into the regular laws of the stars ultimately looked for constant patterns. This overall pattern of scientific reasoning has left deep marks on the minds of almost all thinkers and found its apotheosis in modern physics. From the time of the early renaissance to the nineteenth century, physics represented the ultimate expression of scientific investigation for almost all thinkers. Its static laws appeared to be the unchanging principles of all motion and life on earth. By the nineteenth century, it had appeared that only a few details had to be “cleared up” before all science was basically known.
In many ways, this situation changed dramatically with the arrival of Darwinism. It would change even more dramatically in early twentieth-century physics as well. Darwin’s theories of evolution challenged many aspects of the “static” worldview. Even those who did not believe that a divine being created an unchanging world were shaken by the new vistas opened up to science by his studies. It had been a long-accepted inheritance of Western culture to believe that the species of living organisms were unchanging in nature. Though there might be many different kinds of creatures, the kinds themselves were not believed to change. The thesis of a universal morphing of types shattered this cosmology, replacing the old world-view with a totally new one. Among the things that had to change in light of Darwin’s work was the very view of science held by most people.
For much of the history of human thought, the sciences have studied subjects that seemed to be eternal and unchanging. Even the basic laws of the Nile’s flooding were investigated in the hopes of finding never-altering laws. Similarly, the scientific investigations of the ancient Near East and Greece into the regular laws of the stars ultimately looked for constant patterns. This overall pattern of scientific reasoning has left deep marks on the minds of almost all thinkers and found its apotheosis in modern physics. From the time of the early renaissance to the nineteenth century, physics represented the ultimate expression of scientific investigation for almost all thinkers. Its static laws appeared to be the unchanging principles of all motion and life on earth. By the nineteenth century, it had appeared that only a few details had to be “cleared up” before all science was basically known.
In many ways, this situation changed dramatically with the arrival of Darwinism. It would change even more dramatically in early twentieth-century physics as well. Darwin’s theories of evolution challenged many aspects of the “static” worldview. Even those who did not believe that a divine being created an unchanging world were shaken by the new vistas opened up to science by his studies. It had been a long-accepted inheritance of Western culture to believe that the species of living organisms were unchanging in nature. Though there might be many different kinds of creatures, the kinds themselves were not believed to change. The thesis of a universal morphing of types shattered this cosmology, replacing the old world-view with a totally new one. Among the things that had to change in light of Darwin’s work was the very view of science held by most people.
1. Consider the highlighted sentence. What was the new “cosmology” that arose after Darwin’s day?
A. The view of the world as an unchanging whole to be investigated by science.
B. The view of the world as a changing reality with its own historical nature.
C. The belief that history was an important but secondary aspect of scientific studies.
D. A partially complete religious outlook on life.
E. A completely a religious outlook on life.
A. The view of the world as an unchanging whole to be investigated by science.
B. The view of the world as a changing reality with its own historical nature.
C. The belief that history was an important but secondary aspect of scientific studies.
D. A partially complete religious outlook on life.
E. A completely a religious outlook on life.
2. Which of the following provides an example of the main idea asserted in the first paragraph?
A. The Pythagorean theorem is based upon the constant relationship of the sides of a right triangle to its hypotenuse.
B. Religion has no impact on the rise of science.
C. The fluctuation of coloration within a species is rather minimal.
D. The interest in science only arises once agriculture reaches a certain point of fixity.
E. Religion constantly wanes with the rise of science.
A. The Pythagorean theorem is based upon the constant relationship of the sides of a right triangle to its hypotenuse.
B. Religion has no impact on the rise of science.
C. The fluctuation of coloration within a species is rather minimal.
D. The interest in science only arises once agriculture reaches a certain point of fixity.
E. Religion constantly wanes with the rise of science.
3. Which of the following gives the best example of the “static worldview” discussed in the second paragraph?
A. "Among the things that had to change in light of Darwin’s work was the very view of science held by most people."
B. "Though there might be many different kinds of creatures, the kinds themselves were not believed to change."
C. "The thesis of a universal morphing of types shattered this cosmology, replacing the old world-view with a totally new one."
D. "Even those who did not believe that a divine being created an unchanging world were shaken by the new vistas opened up to science by his studies."
E. "In many ways, this situation changed dramatically with the arrival of Darwinism."
A. "Among the things that had to change in light of Darwin’s work was the very view of science held by most people."
B. "Though there might be many different kinds of creatures, the kinds themselves were not believed to change."
C. "The thesis of a universal morphing of types shattered this cosmology, replacing the old world-view with a totally new one."
D. "Even those who did not believe that a divine being created an unchanging world were shaken by the new vistas opened up to science by his studies."
E. "In many ways, this situation changed dramatically with the arrival of Darwinism."
4. According to the passage, what is the source of modern science?
A. Egyptian mathematics
B. Early scientific pursuits
C. Greek astronomy
D. Renaissance scientists
E. Renaissance humanists
A. Egyptian mathematics
B. Early scientific pursuits
C. Greek astronomy
D. Renaissance scientists
E. Renaissance humanists
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