Evidence of Change
Preserved remains of plants and animals
Fossils
All the Earth's physical processes happen at the same rate today as they did in the past.
Uniformitarianism
When did sickness and death begin?
After the Fall
What shows that many plants and animals from the past no longer exist today?
Fossil Record
Accumulating mutations actually make organisms less fit for survival.
genetic load
Dinosaur teeth would be what kind of fossil?
Original material
The idea that species do not change over time.
Fixity of Species
Groups of organisms created by God to be distinct from each other.
Kinds
Process through which Scientists attempt to find the age of rocks & fossils.
Dating
Jesus quoted from ___ which shows that it was true.
Genesis
Petrified wood is what kind of fossil?
Mineralized Fossil
Idea that organisms can gain new traits and pass them to their offspring
Theory of Acquired Characteristics
Many fossils show that animals died by ...
drowning
Determines the ages of rock layers by measuring the ratio of stable and unstable isotopes
Absolute Dating
Who teaches that death has existed since the beginning of time?
Evolutionists
A dinosaur footprint is what kind of fossil?
Trace fossil
Idea that organisms with the best traits will survive and reproduce
Survival of the Fittest
Changes to the DNA code are mostly___.
harmful
This type of dating can only be used for young fossils.
Carbon-14 dating
Evolutionists say that ___ structures look very similar and indicate a common ancestor.
homologous
Who recognizes evidence for changes in living things?
Creationists and Evolutionists
Random changes in DNA
mutations
Variations of DNA have allowed populations to produce many ___ to fill the earth.
species
When dating fossils, Creationists believe that God created all things. How many years ago did that happen?
About 7,000 years ago (A few thousand)
The blending of Darwin's theories of natural selection with mutations and genetics.
Modern Synthesis