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Biology Module #9
All vocabulary words Apologia Biology module #9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |