World View

5. features that are shared by distinct types of organisms
7. model of evolution that blends mutations and natural selection
8. a supposed organism of the past with body parts that are intermediate between early ancestral forms and later fully developed forms.
9. the model that states that simpler organisms have slowly changed into new and more complex organisms over millions of years
10. a distinct group of organisms that God created to reproduce
11. the process used to estimate the age of rocks
12. according to evolutionary theory no longer has a function
13. Random changes in DNA

1. a species of organism whose descendants are believed to form two distinct species
2. the concept that all of Earth's physical processes happened at the same rate in the present time as they did in the past
3. traits that allow individuals to survive and reproduce better than others individuals without those traits will become more common in the population
4. the accumulated random mutations within the DNA of a population of organisms.
6. the preserved remains of plants and animals