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Apologia Biology
Module 9: Evolution: Part Scientific Theory, Part Unconfirmed Hypothesis
Question | Answer |
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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 |