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Page 1: Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery Chapter 16.1. Key Questions 1.What was Charles Darwin contribution to science? 2.What three patterns of biodiversity did

Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery

Chapter 16.1

Page 2: Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery Chapter 16.1. Key Questions 1.What was Charles Darwin contribution to science? 2.What three patterns of biodiversity did

Key Questions

1. What was Charles Darwin contribution to science?

2. What three patterns of biodiversity did Darwin notice?

Page 3: Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery Chapter 16.1. Key Questions 1.What was Charles Darwin contribution to science? 2.What three patterns of biodiversity did

Darwin’s contribution

• The theory of evolution• Evolution is a genetic change (in a population)

over time.

Page 4: Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery Chapter 16.1. Key Questions 1.What was Charles Darwin contribution to science? 2.What three patterns of biodiversity did

Observations on biodiversity that Darwin made on his voyage

1. Species vary around the world.2. Species vary locally.3. Species vary over time.

Page 5: Darwin’s Voyage of Discovery Chapter 16.1. Key Questions 1.What was Charles Darwin contribution to science? 2.What three patterns of biodiversity did

Relate to ecology concept

• A ecology concept from semester one was the competitive exclusion theory. This states that no two organisms can occupy the same niche at the same time.

• How does this apply to the theory of evolution?