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Mod 8A/B - Evolution
first half & second half module 8 - Evolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Selection | the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring |
| 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 |
| Intermediate links/transitional forms | represent a link between one species or another |
| Punctuated equilibrium | views evolution as a process that occurs in quick punctuations followed by long times in which no evolution occurs. |
| Structural homology | the study of similar structures in different species |