Ch 15-1 & 15-2 Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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Across
  1. 1. The traditional view of life on Earth was that since they were created, plants and animals did not __
  2. 2. Darwin was puzzled by the distribution of species on Earth. He wondered why there were no _ in the Australian grassland like there were in Argentina
  3. 6. Darwin made observations and collected evidence that led him to propose a __ hypothesis about the way life changes over time
  4. 8. Darwin witnessed an earthquake which moved a section of rocky shoreline 3 __
  5. 11. Darwin noticed how similar the grassland habitat of Argentina and Australia were yet each was inhabited by very different _
  6. 13. Change over time
  7. 14. A stop along the voyage that influenced Darwin the most
  8. 16. The shape of the tortoise's _ could be used to identify which island a particular tortoise inhabited.
Down
  1. 1. The Galapagos Islands are very close together but have different __
  2. 3. In one day Darwin collected 68 __ species in a Brazilian forest
  3. 4. The ship Darwin was on traveled from England to this continent first
  4. 5. Darwin thought Malthus' description of _ growth fit plants and animals better than humans
  5. 7. A word used to describe new changes that happen to an organism during its life
  6. 9. Over millions of years __ can carve valleys
  7. 10. Darwin traveled around the world aboard the HMS __
  8. 12. The higher Galapagos Islands had greater _ and more vegetation
  9. 15. On board the ship Darwin felt very
  10. 17. Darwin wondered that if Earth could change, might __ change as well?