Across
- 4. a theory that suggests that geological processes have been taking place at a constant rate
- 7. this type of structure is sometimes referred to as an evolutionary left-over
- 9. this guy was an English economist who theorized about resources and the growing population
- 10. the modification of species due to human intervention
- 12. what many Europeans believed to be the origin of plants and animals
- 15. a type of intermediate organism
- 18. reproductive success which leads to more surviving offspring
- 19. the name of Darwin's ship
- 20. this guy was a Scottish geologist who wrote about geological time
Down
- 1. where Darwin studied after medical school
- 2. this type of structure is similar in different species
- 3. this guy was a French naturalist who proposed organisms change based on use and disuse of body parts
- 5. a theory that is based on sexual recombination and mutations
- 6. this guy calculated the world was created on October 23, 4004 BC
- 8. antibiotic resistance is an example of this type of evidence for evolution
- 11. a theory based on characteristic traits developing based on need
- 12. this guy proposed and wrote about naturalselection
- 13. this gal is who Darwin married
- 14. this type of trait is similar in different species, the structure is different but the function is the same
- 16. the imprint or remains of an organism that lived in the past
- 17. this guy proposed a natural selection theory and shared his research with Darwin