Unit 5 Flashcards
Naturalistic Worldview. . .
-Does not believe in a God or creator
-Things evolved from Macroevolution
Biblical Worldview. . .
-God created the world and everything in it
-God gave the ability for things to change and adapt through Microevolution. (humans+animals)
Macroevolution. . .
-All life forms that exist today evolved from the 1st life form.
Microevolution. . .
-Changes that only occur is “kinds” of organisms… (specific categories.)
Homologous
having the same relative position, value, or structure
Vestigial
remaining in a form that is small or imperfectly developed and not able to function….LEFTOVERS
Convergent Evolution
it occurs when two species from unrelated lines develop the same traits or features.
Uniformitarianism
the idea that the same physical laws of today have always operated
Population
the complete set group of individuals, whether that group comprises a nation or a group of people with a common characteristic
Species
a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
Irreducible Complexity
Diversity
having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests.
Extinction
the complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
Gene Pool
the set of all possible variations (alleles) of all genes of a population
Allele Frequency
the fraction or percentage of a population that carries allele
