Module 8 Flashcards
1
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Natural selection
A
The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
2
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The immutability of species
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The idea that each individual species on the plan was specially created by God and could never fundamentally change
3
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Microevolution
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The theory that natural selection can, over time, take an organism and transform it into a more specialized species of that organism
4
Q
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
5
Q
Strata
A
Distinct layers of rock
6
Q
Fossils
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Preserved remains of once-living organisms
7
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Paleontology
A
The study of fossils
