Chapter 13-1
The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

1. The theory of evolution was developed through decades of __________________ and ___________________________
2. What two career paths did Charles Darwin take before becoming a naturalist?
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3. The name of the ship Darwin sailed on: _______________________
4. Describe Lamarke's hypothesis. Was it right or wrong?
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5. How did Darwin explain the fact that plants and animals on the Galapagos islands resembled those in South America? __________________________________________________________________________
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6. Summarize the four major points of evolution (you do not need to copy word for word)

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7. What is a population? ________________________________________________
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8. What is natural selection? ____________________________________________
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9. What is adaptation? _________________________________________________
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10. Why did Darwin wait fourteen years to publish his work? __________________
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11. What was the name of Darwin's book? _________________________________
12. What vegetables were created from the crop Brassica oleracea? (Fig 13-6)
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13. What happens when two related populations can no longer breed with one another? ______________________________________________________________
14. When a species disappears permanently, it is said to be _____________________
15. The extinction of dinosaurs was followed by _____________________________