Glossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Please note that this glossary is not intended, for reasons of space, to be exhaustive. To avoid repetition, terms explained in the text are not generally included here. Evolution, from a primitive type of organism, of several divergent forms adapted to distinct modes of life. The theory that the evolutionary divergence of populations into separate species, which no longer interbreed, takes place in geographically separate places Amino Acids. Amino acid molecules combine to make protein molecules and are therefore a fundamental constituent of living matter.
Causality is an essential question in the struggle between materialism and idealism.
A chain of genes found in cells. They are present in all cells in the body and consist of DNA and a supporting structure of protein. The process by which human thought reflects and observes the real world. Convergent Series .- Number series in which the successive partial sums obtained by taking more and more terms approach some fixed number or limit. A belief that all processes are predetermined by definite causes and natural laws and can therefore be predicted.