Chapter 2 Flashcards
Plant
A multi-cellular eukaryotic organism whose cells have cell walls of cellulose
Animal
Its cells lack something
A multi-celled eukaryotic organism whose cells lack cell walls ( also possesses bibical life )
Creation Week
First six days of time, during which God created the physical world
Fungi
A eukaryotic organism whose cells have cell walls of chitin
Generally multi-celled
Alga
Plural - Algae
Eukaryotic organism that is generally a one-celled aquatic producer
Spectrum of Perfection
A range of degrees of perfection of a God-illustrating trait, created in a suite of different physical things so that humans extrapolate to God’s infinite manifestation of that trait
Species
Smallest recognizable group of simular organisms that persists naturally by the production of simular offspring; taxonomic level below genus
Spontaneous Generation
Once a theory of origins
The natural origin of life (not created) from non-living things; once believed of all lower life forms, now only believed in naturalistic evolution for the first organism(s)
Microorganisms
Organisms too small to be seen without magnification
Carrying Capacity
The number of organisms a particular enviroment can support over the long term
Law of Biogenesis
It’s an observation
A general observation that a given type of organism only arises from another organism of the same type, sometimes briefly summarized by ‘life only comes from life’
Abiogenesis
A naturalistic theory for the origin of the first cell from non-living material