Chapter 5.1 Creation and Science Flashcards
_____ _____, a British philosopher and Christian apologist, published “Natural Theology” in 1802
WILLIAM PALEY
______ _____ is the study of similarities and differences in the body and structures of different organisms
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
The similarity of structure between bodies is called ____
HOMOLOGY
____ ____ means that information should have a meaning and cannot occur by chance
SPECIFIED COMPLEXITY
Many evolutionists believe that evolution occurs by ____, sudden, permanent, random changes in an organism’s DNA; however ____s destroy information and therefore cannot cause evolution
MUTATION
_____ ____ states that a type of of organism that is better able to survive in its environment than another type of organism will survive and become predominant
NATURAL SELECTION
Change within a particular kind of organism caused by variations in the gene pool is called ____
SPECIATION
______ is another term for evolution, the development of all life from a common ancestor
MACROEVOLUTION