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7 Sci Test 4 Ch 5

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Term
Definition
Aristotle   conisdered the most important authority on science during the Middle Ages  
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Bible   foundation of modern science  
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chemical evolution   new "scientific" spontaneous generation  
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creation   belief that the universe is the result of a supernatural act of God  
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Cuvier   fofunded comparative anatomy  
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Darwin   author of Origin of Species and Descent of Man  
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embryonic recapitulation   idea that, at various stages during their development, embryos resemble the adult forms of their evolutionary ancestors  
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evolution   rock pocket nice are NOT an example of _____________ because no new types of organisms were formed  
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gradulatism   belief that evolution occurs slowly  
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Harvey   discovered blood circulation  
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homology   basic similarity of structure between two different living things  
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horse   supposed ancestors of this animal are Equus and Hyracotherium  
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intelligent   information must have an _____________ cause  
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kinds   term that refers to originally created types of organisms  
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law of biogenesis   scientific concept that states living things can originate only from existing living thigns  
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Lyell   wrote Principles of Geology  
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materialism   belief that everything is material  
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mutation   sudden, permanent, random change in an organism's DNA  
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natural selection   Darwin proposed the idea that evolution occurs through this _____________ _____________.  
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nature   God's general revelation  
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orchard view   view of life consistent with both the Bible and observations  
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organisms   Mutations cannot cause evolution because they do produce news kinds of _________________.  
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Paley   wrote Natural Theology  
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Pasteur   used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation  
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Protestant Reformation   birth of modern science  
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punctuated equilibrium   idea that says evolution occurs in rapid bursts separated by long periods of time  
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reasoning God   founders of modern science believed that true faith is a reasonable belief in a ______________ _____.  
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speciation   formation of new organisms within a "kind"  
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specified complexity   idea that information must have meaning and cannot occur by chance  
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spontaneous generation   old Greek idea that says that living things come from nonliving things  
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technology   science put to practical use  
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transitional form   an intermediate organism linking types of living things  
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uniformitarianism   materialistic idea that says the present is the key to the past  
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Vesalius   Father of Anatomy  
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vestigial organs   "useless" organs supposedly left over from earlier stages of evolutionary development  
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worldview   term used to refer to a person's outlook about life and the world  
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yolk sacs   three features of human embryos that supposedly provide evidence for evolution, but actually provide evidence for creation are pharyngeal arches, tails and ________ ______.  
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