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2: What is a common ancestor

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An organism that supposedly gave rise to two or more different types of organizations

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1:What is the evolutionary family tree

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Evolutionists claim that they can line up these groups to show the path of biological evolution

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3: What are similar structures that evolutionists say are best explained by common ancestry?

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Homologous

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4: What is vestigial structure according to evolutionists

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Structures that according to evolutionists no longer have a major function

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5: What are adaptions

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Changes that helped them survive

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6: Can complete or uninterrupted fossils be found anywhere?

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No

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7: What is the name for changes that help an organism survive and do not lead to the formation of new Biblical kind?

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Adaptions

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8: Give an example of a difference between creationists and evolutionists?

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Creationists accept the truths of the Bible and evolutionists reject it

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9: What is a common ancestor?

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Organism that evolutionists believe has different groups of organisms as its offspring

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10: What is the missing link?

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An organism that probably never existed but is needed to complete the evolutionary path of other organisms eg ape becoming man

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11: What is a fossil record?

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A record of past living things

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12: The forming of a new species is called?

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Speciation

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13: Can scientists create living cells from no living materials?

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No

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