natural selection (darwin & more)

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Across
  1. 2. (2 words) This animal looked similar to the European rabbit.
  2. 5. Wallace today is recognized as the ______ of the NS theory.
  3. 7. What type of insects did Darwin like to observe?
  4. 10. This voyage Darwin sailed on lead him to observe geology & fossils.
  5. 12. Darwin's hypothesis that variation in neck length correlated with the type of _______ found on the island.
  6. 14. This conference is where Darwin & Wallace joined, presenting evolution by NS
  7. 19. (2 words) This ostrich-like bird is found in the North which was replaced by the lesser Rhea in the south.
  8. 20. Despite these islands being away from the mainland, how much life was there?
  9. 21. This man was a naturalist who studied species in Indonesia & had similar conclusions to Darwin.
  10. 23. Adaptations to certain environments results in what?
Down
  1. 1. Related species could be modified according to environmental ________.
  2. 3. Where the Andes Mountains were located, collecting fossilized marine shells many feet up on the side of cliffs
  3. 4. Study of geographic distributions of organisms on Earth
  4. 6. This country was where Darwin observed a large fossil of the Glyptodon (armadillo-like) & ground sloth.
  5. 8. (T/F) Darwin does not publish his E by NS theory immediately.
  6. 9. This animal was observed in the Gal. islands where their necks length varied
  7. 11. After Darwin's voyage, he developed this theory: ______ by natural selection.
  8. 13. Darwin was this profession at age 22.
  9. 15. Animals in _____ environments in South America & Europe has ______-looking animals.
  10. 16. What did Darwin witness during his observations? (This caused sediment uplift of 50 ft in the harbor.)
  11. 17. These volcanic islands formed off the western coast of South America.
  12. 18. This was Darwin's "mystery of mysteries" of new species.
  13. 22. Does credit go to Darwin or Wallace based on their findings of natural selection?