1. CHAPTER 15 REVIEW

2. He set sail on a 5 year voyage around the world after dropping out of medical school and is most known for developing what we know today as the Theory of Evolution.

3. Born in 1704, he published his theory of the inheritance of acquired traits.

4. Born in 1766, he predicted that the human population growth would grow faster than the space and food supplies needed to sustain it.

5. This scientist wrote to Darwin with his own speculation on evolution by natural selection.

6. The two scientists who proposed that the Earth is shaped by geological forces over long periods of time.

7. Opposable thumbs, webbed feet, the ability of an organism to camouflage itself and the gills of fish are examples of these.

8. _________ allows for differences in species.

9. The theory or driving force proposed by Darwin responsible for the change(s) over time (or not) from your original Avis papyrus Parent bird into the F4 generation.

10. When comparing human hemoglobin to other organism’s in the Amino Acid lab, which organisms were most closely related to humans?

11. Based on the comparison of amino acid chains in hemoglobin between humans and other species, this species was the most different from humans.

12. The total variety of all the organisms in the Biosphere

13. Evolution acts on the ___________ of an organism.

14. Needing to fight for Resources like food, Space and mates is referred to as the _________________.

15. This increases the likelihood that at least some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions.

16. For natural selection to occur, there must be _________ happening in the environment.

17. The crossing of two organisms by humans to select for specific desired traits.

18. Same bone structure is called _____________.

19. Human tail bone is an example of these.

20. Name 5 of the 8 pieces of evidence which support the theory of Evolution.

21. These pictures show a comparison of an organism’s similar chromosomes suggest an evolutionary relationship.

22. The full name of the ship that Darwin sailed around the world on for a 5 year voyage.

23. Name the two animals Darwin studied and published his ideas about and where he studied them?

24. This was what Darwin called his idea of changes being passed down from generation to generation in a population.

25. Name the book published by Darwin in 1859 which presented his theory for evolution called Natural Selection.

26. This couple explored the same islands as Darwin and found that the weather was the main enemy of the finches living there.