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 notice?

Darwin’s contribution

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

over time.

Observations on biodiversity that Darwin made on his voyage

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

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?