Flashcards: Apologia Biology - Module 9: Evolution: Part Scientific Theory, Part Unconfirmed Hypothesis (2nd edition)
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Vocabulary from Module 9, from Apologia Educational Ministries' High School Biology Course Exploring Creation With Biology, by Dr. Jay Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell (2nd edition).
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The immutability of species | The idea that each individual species on the planet was specially created by God and could never fundamentally change |
| Microevolution | The theory that natural selection can, over time, take an organism and transform it into a more specialized species of that organism |
| Macroevolution | The hypothesis that processes similar to those at work in microevolution can, over eons of time, transform an organism into a completely different kind of organism |
| Strata | Distinct layers of rock |
| Fossils | Preserved remains of once-living organisms |
| Paleontology | The study of fossils |
| Structural homology | The study of similar structures in different species |