Darwin and Natural Selection

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Across
  1. 3. Location in which Darwin found the finches
  2. 6. There are a variety of different inherited traits in populations.
  3. 7. group of individuals of the same species living in the same place
  4. 9. The act of breeding individuals with best suited traits and producing offspring
  5. 10. Having a particular trait in a given environment allows individuals to be more or less likely to survive and have offsprings.
  6. 13. came up with natural selection and help with the theory of evolution
  7. 14. The study of Earth’s physical structures and their origins
  8. 15. A theory explaining the continuous development of species over time
Down
  1. 1. Charles five year voyage from England to South America, the Galapagos Islands, and Australia
  2. 2. the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics
  3. 4. came up with geology studies
  4. 5. Populations tend to produce more offspring than can survive.
  5. 8. A theory that explains the mechanism of evolution. Individuals that are better suited to the environment survives better and leaves more offspring.
  6. 11. came up with population studies
  7. 12. The favored trait in the given environment becomes more common over time.