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TRBC Bio M9 Terms
Terms for Module 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Immutability of the 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 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 | the 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. |