Apologia Biology 2nd edition Module 9

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