Chapter 16 Evolution

3. structures that develop from the same embryonic tissues but have different mature forms
4. inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
5. scientist that was working on research similar to Darwin
7. scientist who proposed gradualism
9. scientist whose ideas about evolution and adaptation influenced Darwin
12. remains of ancient life
15. structure with little or no function
16. economist whose ideas about human population influenced Darwin

1. type of selection Darwin referred to as survival of the fittest
2. the study of where organisms live now and where they and their ancestors lived in the past
6. type of selection in which humans select the variations
8. change over time
10. body parts that share a common function but not structure
11. ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in a specific environment
13. scientist who proposed uniformitarianism
14. islands where Darwin observed variation in tortoises