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Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria Questions
Here are questions that I would like you to think about while watching the video. These questions are
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to serve as a pre-assessment and find out what you know about the topic before we begin
our discussion
to help guide your thinking so you know what questions to ask when we begin talking
about the topic
to help you tie what you already know about biology to this new topic
1. To the best of your ability define or describe the difference between the following: bacteria, virus,
and bug.
2. Why do you think an antibiotic worked to kill the infection in Addie for a while, but then
stopped? And then when they started to use a second antibiotic, the same thing would happen?
Feel free to speculate.
3. The more you use an antibiotic, the less effective it becomes. Why do you think that is the case?
4. KPC and NDM1 are not bacteria but are the names of genes that protect bacteria from antibiotics.
These genes can be passed from one bacterium to another and not through the normal method of
reproduction. Rather the DNA is given to an adjacent bacterium. Given what you learned about
bacteria and their DNA in the last section of the course, how do think this happens?
5. What is your definition or understanding of evolution?
6. Do you feel that you need to choose between accepting evolution and your religious beliefs?
PLEASE SELECT THE ONE IDEA THAT IS CLOSEST TO YOUR BELIEFS.
Flat Earth Society: Members of this group believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible including a
flat earth that is 6,000 years old with no change in species over time (i.e. no evolution).
Geo-Centrists: This group accepts that the earth is spherical but believes that the earth is the center
of the solar system and that life on earth has not changed (i.e. no evolution).
Young Earth Creationists: This group accepts that the earth revolves around the sun and that it is
spherical but place its age between 6-10,000 years old and accept a literal interpretation of Genesis
and the flood.
Old Earth Creationists accept that the earth is ancient but believe there is personal involvement of
God in the creation of the earth and its organisms. Here are some variations of Old Earth
Creationism:
Gap Creationism: This states that there is a gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. Therefore the
earth was created in six days but a time gap exists between the creation and the rest of Genesis,
accounting for the old age of the earth.
Day-Age Creationism: This states that the six days of creation were long periods of time- thousands
or millions of years instead of 24 hours. This then provides a rough parallel between evolutionary
history and Genesis.
Progressive Creationism: This states that God created “kinds” of animals sequentially, but rejects
the idea that the different “kinds” are related to each other genetically. Most progressive creationists
believe that God created creatures containing as much genetic variation as within Families (i.e. cat
family, dog family, etc.) and that evolutionary processes such as mutations, natural selection, genetic
drift and speciation took place within these “kinds.”
Intelligent Design: Members of this group accept that a certain amount of microevolution (natural
selection) took place but believe that this cannot explain the evolution of one “kind” (see above) from
another (i.e. humans from apes). ID states that some phenomena are so complex they can not be
explained without an intelligent designer.
Evolutionary thought has several variations, including:
Evolutionary Creationism: This is a type of evolution that states that God uses evolution to bring
about the universe according to his plan.
Theistic Evolution: This is very close to Evolutionary Creationism, stating that God creates through
evolution. Members of this group accept that evolution and natural selection occur and believe that
periodically God intervenes. For example humans did descend from apes by natural selection, but the
hand of God was needed to create the human soul. This is the accepted doctrine of the Catholic
Church.
Materialist Evolution: This is a nonreligious view of evolution that relies on natural, material causes
(matter and energy) to explain the origin of the earth and species.