World View

2. the accumulated random mutations within the DNA of a population of organisms.
3. a supposed organism of the past with body parts that are intermediate between early ancestral forms and later fully developed forms.
5. a distinct group of organisms that God created to reproduce
7. according to evolutionary theory no longer has a function
9. features that are shared by distinct types of organisms
10. model of evolution that blends mutations and natural selection
12. traits that allow individuals to survive and reproduce better than others individuals without those traits will become more common in the population
13. the preserved remains of plants and animals

1. a species of organism whose descendants are believed to form two distinct species
4. Random changes in DNA
6. the concept that all of Earth's physical processes happened at the same rate in the present time as they did in the past
8. the model that states that simpler organisms have slowly changed into new and more complex organisms over millions of years
11. the process used to estimate the age of rocks