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Biology Class - MODULE #9 - Exploring Creation with Biology - Wile
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Biology
12th Grade
03/11/2009

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The immutability of species
Definition
The idea that each individual species on the planet was specially created by God and could never fundamentally change
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Microevolution
Definition
The theory that natural selection can, over time, take an organism and transform it into a more specialized species of that organism
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Macroevolution
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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
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Strata
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Distinct layers of rock
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Fossils
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Preserved remains of once-living organisms
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Paleontology
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The study of fossils
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Structural homology
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The study of similar structures in different species
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