Chapter 5

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Refers to gods work of calling the universe into existence out of nothing

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Special creation

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Believes that the universe originated by natural processes over billions of years is referred to

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Evolution

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Often evolutionist consider the _____ _____as a starting point of cosmic evolution

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Big bang

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This view states that God was responsible for the initial creation of life but then used evolutionarily processes to complete his work

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Theistic evolution

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All scientists assume that the natural laws in operation today have existed throughout the earths history and idea known as

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Principle of uniformity

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The Floods Rapid deposition of sediments created conditions ideal for

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Fossil formations

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Claims that understanding modern geological processes is the key to understanding the earths geological history

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Uniformitarianism

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Uniformitarianism was popular lysed in the 1830s by the geologist

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Charles Lyell

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Consider the father of modern geology

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Who popularized the idea of biological evolution

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Charles Darwin

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The original idea of mini catastrophes was first suggested by Frenchman

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George Cuvier

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The idea that one or more catastrophes are primarily responsible for earths geological features

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Catastrophism

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The branch of geology that studies fossils is called

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Paleontology

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Scientists who study paleontology is a

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Paleontologist

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When the remains are replaced by minerals these remains are called

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Petrified fossils

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Forms with mud berries a plant or animal and quickly hardens into rock

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Mold fossil

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Occurs when animal tracks leave and feathers outline or imprints the skin were preserved in mud that quickly Harden and was then buried by more sediments

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Print fossils

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Form when entire animal is preserved nearly intact by freezing, dessication, or entrapment in a bog or tarp it

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Whole-specimen fossils

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In order to summarize and graphically illustrate their idea of earths history evolutionists created a hypothetical time scale called

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Geologic column

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Also known as the geologic time chart

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First and largest division is

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Eon

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Eras the three best-known and most-studied eras are in Phanerozoic are?

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Periods, epochs, index fossils

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When continuous Jada or missing one or more layers as required by the geologic column scientist called the gap an

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Unconformity

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These animals and plants that disappear abruptly from the fossil record yet are still alive today are know as

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Living fossils

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What is the ancestor of the first amphibians

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Coelacanth

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Although they are not true Pines or in a family of conifers that had only been found in the fossil record the fossils had been discovered over 97 km away from the canyon where the living fossils were located

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Wollemi pines

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When an organism shows no change between its appearance in the fossil record and at the present day scientists referred to this as

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Stasis

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Sometimes called traditional forms or missing links

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Intermediates

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In unusual fossil animal once thought to have possessed both amphibian and reptilian characteristics

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Seymouria

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Ancient wings as a link between reptiles and birds

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Archaeopteryx

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Apparently had scales normal fins and well-developed girls

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Tiktaalik

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Eras the three best-known and most-studied eras are in Phanerozoic are?

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Periods, epochs, index fossils

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The lack of intermediates posed a serious unexplainable problem for evolution evolution is called this mystery the__________because life seems to have exploded into the scene

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Cambrian Explosion

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The idea that the fittest and strongest of each species were more likely to survive and reproduce than weak or poorly adopted animals or plants

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Natural selection

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Tend to be harmful not helpful

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Mutations

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Natural selection does not prove evolution

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It only reveals characteristics that were already in an organism genes

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Instead a few evolution is now favor the hypothesis of

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Punctuated equilibrium

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Man is classify as

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Homo sapiens

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The volume of the cranium the part of the skull that contains the brain

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Cranial capacity

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Although it is now discarded by evolutionist an early link in the supposed genealogy of man is a small ape known as

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Ramapithecus

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The best known of these is Australopithecus afarensis based on a famous chimpanzee-like fossil nicknamed

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Lucy

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The australopithecines are said to have evolved into an intermediate announced in 1964

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Homo habillis

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The geologic column is based on the theory of evolution even though the geologic column is supposed to be able to prove evolution

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Circular reasoning

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This classification began with the discovery of whose skull fragment and leg bone were discovered on the Indonesian Island of Java in the early 1890s

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Java man

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A supposed early human found in China in the 1920s

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Peking man

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Was said to possess certain ape like features such as heavy brows a sloping forehead and a stooping posture

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Neanderthal man

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Another missing link in the supposed evolution of man was discovered in 1868 in Southwest France

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Cro-Mangnon man

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The ape man that the molar came from a classified as hesperopithecus haroldcookii the species name came from the tooth original discover Harold Cook but it became better known as

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Nebraska man

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The geologic column is the fossils are commonly found in the wrong order in apparently undisturbed strata

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Anomalies

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To assign absolute exact ages to rocks and fossils evolution use this technique

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Radiometric dating

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The amount of time needed for half of the parent element to decay and to daughter element

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Half-life

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Is usually used only to date organic materials like preserved bone skin or hair

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Carbon -14 dating

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In order for fossils to form

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It must be buried quickly before it decays and it’s bones are scattered or decomposed Occur only during catastrophe take events

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Strongly suggested that those organisms had a sudden violent burial

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Large graveyards

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One of the most common fossils is

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A herring-like fish from the genes knightia Many knightia are preserved in large groups