Unit 7 - Natural Selection

2. An example of a behavioral adaptation
3. All of the genetic information in a population
7. How common an allele is is called its ______
9. Boat that Darwin traveled on
10. In any population, only some individuals will survive long enough to _____________
11. Proposed that the human population may outgrow their food supply
13. A characteristic that will promote an organism´s survival in their environment
15. Scientist who wrote a book on natural selection called The Origin of Species in 1859
16. Adaptations that change the physical appearance
20. The study and development of embryos
22. The changes in a group of organisms over time
24. Structures that show a similar structure from common ancestry
25. Adaptations that change how an organism acts
26. Scientist that thought similar species come from a common ancestor and gradually get more complex

1. Used by organisms to avoid detection from predators
4. Evolution studies how populations ____
5. Type of mimicry where two harmful species copy each other
6. Islands Darwin is famous for visiting
7. Number of years Darwin spent on his voyage
8. Adaptations that change an organism´s internal functions
12. Scientist who developed a theory of natural selection after studying in Indonesia
14. Process where organisms with the strongest traits are more likely to survive
17. An example of a vestigial structure in humans
18. A group of individuals of the same species that can breed
19. Structures that have a similar function but are not from closely related animals
21. Type of mimicry where a non-harmful species copies a harmful one
23. Structures with no current function