Chapter 4: Evolution

1. A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
4. Theory of evolution similar to Darwin’s.
5. Organisms better adapt to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
9. English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.
11. Hypothesized that the human population has the potential to increase geometrically
14. Change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time.
15. Where did Darwin go on his voyage?
16. The change in characteristics of a species over several generations.
17. A Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining Earth's history.
18. Large-scale changes that result in the extinction and formation of new species.
19. Evolutionary relationships among species.

2. The formation of new forms from an ancestral species
3. The creation of new species.
6. The idea that forces of wind, rain, rivers, volcanoes, and geological uplift shape the earth today
7. The study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals.
8. Study of fossil records
10. Evidence of plants and animals that existed in the past
12. Resemblance that occurs because of common ancestry.
13. Darwins Voyage