A Beka Science 9-11.1
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- What is Uniformitarianism?
- It is the belief that an understanding of modern geological processes and their results is the key to an understanding of the earth's past history.
- What is Special Creation?
- The Biblical principle that is contrasted with evolution; God's work of calling the universe and all that is in it into existence ex nihilo(out of nothing) and of making complex living organisms out of simple components.
- Who is Charles Lyell?
- He popularized uniformitarianism and he is known as the Father of Modern Geology.
- What is the Principle of Uniformity?
- An idea that the natural laws in operation today have existed throughout the earth's history.
- What is biological evolution?
- The evolution of living things
- What is Cosmic evolution?
- The chance origin of the universe as a whole
- What is the basis of evolution?
- The belief that the world was not created, but appeared and developed into its present form through natural means.
- Who is Charles Darwin?
- A young British naturalist who popularized the idea of evolution.
- What is evolution?
- The belief that the universe(and all that is in it) originated by natural processes over billions of years.
- What is Theistic evolution?
- A modified form of evolutionary hypothesis which attempts to reconcile the Bible and evolution