natural disasters Crossword Puzzles

Natural Science Chapter 1 2020-09-25

Natural Science Chapter 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. describes origins of our solar system from a nebula.
  2. the study of the ocean and its processes
  3. line running parallel to the globe
  4. only energy moves (circulatory system)
  5. science of planets
  6. science that deals with weather
  7. the study of rocks
  8. the study of the earth by. I
  9. Rimmed by continental shelves
  10. 97% of water on earth, takes up 71% of surface
  11. after making observations this is the statement of inferred reasoning
  12. can be studied separately and continuously interacting
  13. the steps you take whilst completing an experiment
  14. 0 degrees longitude 1675
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  1. well tested and widely accepted
  2. system energy and Matter move (respiratory system)
  3. the earth is divided in three parts.
  4. cratons with large flat land masses
  5. line running horizontal
  6. drew the first world map.
  7. time span of the Formation of the earth.
  8. map with contour lines
  9. basin two division of earth surfaces

23 Clues: science of planets • the study of rocks • map with contour lines • line running horizontal • 0 degrees longitude 1675 • drew the first world map. • the study of the earth by. I • Rimmed by continental shelves • well tested and widely accepted • science that deals with weather • line running parallel to the globe • cratons with large flat land masses • ...

Natural Resources Study Guide 2021-01-13

Natural Resources Study Guide crossword puzzle
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  1. Flooded with some trees, more muddy. (A FL ecosystem) (think of Shrek)
  2. When the water gets hot and turns into vapor.
  3. ______ consumers are omnivores and eat primary and secondary consumers
  4. When water drops cool to form clouds
  5. When water evaporates out of leaves.
  6. The _________ Hammock has a lot of trees and isn't flooded.
  7. ___ ______ ______ pollution is when there is no specific source of pollution.
  8. When the groundwater flows into nearby lake
  9. the process water goes through
  10. This ecosystem has a lot of scrubs and smaller bush type vegetation. (FL ecosystem)
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  1. Rain, snow, sleet, hail are what.
  2. A flooded area with mostly grasses (A FL ecosystem)
  3. Similar to non point source pollution, but the pollution is from one general spot.
  4. One of Florida's Ecosystems. It is underwater and very colorful
  5. ______ consumers eat the primary consumers
  6. _____ _____s are made of sand and not a lot of vegetation.(One of FL ecosystems)
  7. Human waste that can harm coral reefs and nature.
  8. ______ consumers eat producers (food chain)
  9. The _____ Flatwoods has tall, slim trees with vegetation surrounding them. (FL ecosystem)
  10. Purified water that is underground
  11. produce their own food in the food chain

21 Clues: the process water goes through • Rain, snow, sleet, hail are what. • Purified water that is underground • When water drops cool to form clouds • When water evaporates out of leaves. • produce their own food in the food chain • ______ consumers eat the primary consumers • ______ consumers eat producers (food chain) • When the groundwater flows into nearby lake • ...

Energy & Natural Resources Crossword! 2021-03-23

Energy & Natural Resources Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. Energy from the sun.
  2. Energy stored in chemical bonds between the atoms.
  3. The ability to cause change or do work.
  4. A gas fossil fuel.
  5. Formed from the remains of living organisms millions of years ago.
  6. Type of energy. Electric current that comes out of batteries and wall sockets.
  7. Any material made by plants or animals that we can convert into energy.
  8. Type of energy. Energy of an object has due to its ability to do work.
  9. Type of energy. Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
  10. Energy generated using heat from deep within the Earth.
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  1. Type of natural resource. A resource that is used up FASTER than it can be replaced.
  2. The type of energy light carries. When light energy is absorbed, it causes an object to warm up.
  3. Power created by flowing water.
  4. The materials we use from nature such as wind energy, water, plants, animals, and fossil fuels to make things we need.
  5. Type of energy. Energy stored in an object due to its position.
  6. Type of natural resource. It never runs out.
  7. Type of energy. Energy an object has due to its motion.
  8. Type of natural resource. A resource that is replaced or regenerated continually.
  9. Type of energy. Energy increases as an object’s temperature increases.
  10. Type of energy generated by moving air.

20 Clues: A gas fossil fuel. • Energy from the sun. • Power created by flowing water. • The ability to cause change or do work. • Type of energy generated by moving air. • Type of natural resource. It never runs out. • Energy stored in chemical bonds between the atoms. • Type of energy. Energy an object has due to its motion. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2021-04-23

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. informs our understanding of a species oldest layers
  2. eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes
  3. is the transfer of genes between different individuals
  4. an example of this is Sickle Cell Anemia against Malaria
  5. is a long period of time when a population is uninterrupted
  6. creation of new species
  7. similar structures but different functions
  8. inheritable trait/can be beneficial & favorable to the environment
  9. Scientist who first made observations of natural selection
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  1. whale hipbones and human apendix are examples of what?
  2. this stops gene flow and can lead to speciation
  3. uses carbon halflies to find an exact age
  4. A Heritable change in characteristics within a population from one generation to the next
  5. all organisms are related to one another
  6. impact on small populations
  7. This is how most species living today have been able to survive/strengthens or weakens inheritable traits
  8. this process produces the most genetic variation within a species
  9. same species,variation exist within a population
  10. looking at layers in sedimentary rock
  11. variety of living things that live on earth

20 Clues: creation of new species • impact on small populations • eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes • looking at layers in sedimentary rock • all organisms are related to one another • uses carbon halflies to find an exact age • similar structures but different functions • variety of living things that live on earth • this stops gene flow and can lead to speciation • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-17

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. offspring produced by one parent
  2. process of changing to adapt
  3. asexual reproduction of the body into two new bodies
  4. differences in organisms
  5. random change in gene variant
  6. complete disappearance of a species
  7. a response to a stimulus in order to survive
  8. physical changes in order to adapt to an environment
  9. a cell that has a nucleus
  10. similar features in organisms with same functions, but not from the same ancestors
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  1. similar structures evolved from the same ancestor
  2. arise by mutation
  3. single-cell organisms possessing a prokaryotic
  4. occurs when species evolve together
  5. can only reproduce in a host
  6. smaller cells without a nucleus
  7. a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
  8. germs build immunity to treatment
  9. is when a group separates from a larger group and develops its own characteristics
  10. interbreeding from one species to another

20 Clues: arise by mutation • differences in organisms • a cell that has a nucleus • process of changing to adapt • can only reproduce in a host • random change in gene variant • smaller cells without a nucleus • offspring produced by one parent • germs build immunity to treatment • occurs when species evolve together • complete disappearance of a species • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-16

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics
  2. a branch of science that is related to the formation, growth, and development of embryo
  3. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies.
  4. the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment
  5. the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two or more evolutionary groups.
  6. a single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
  7. The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring.
  8. the reproduction of viruses using a host cell to manufacture more viruses; the viruses then burst out of the cell
  9. the process by which individuals compete for access to mates and fertilization opportunities.
  10. a term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another
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  1. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
  2. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance.
  3. the complete disappearance of a species from Earth
  4. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
  5. provides a record of how creatures evolved and how this process can be represented by a 'tree of life', showing that all species are related to each other.
  6. organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.
  7. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change
  8. the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes)
  9. any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus.
  10. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

20 Clues: the complete disappearance of a species from Earth • any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies. • the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change • a term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-16

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. The reproduction of viruses using a host cell to manufacture more viruses; the viruses then burst out of the cell.
  2. A branch of science that is related to the formation, growth, and development of embryos.
  3. The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
  4. Cell type that does contain a nucleus and most other membrane-bound organelles.
  5. The biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environments.
  6. Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information.
  7. The complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
  8. Asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies.
  9. One parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring.
  10. Cell type that does not contain a nucleus and most other membrane-bound organelles.
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  1. An organism combines the genetic information from each of its parents and is genetically unique.
  2. A type of structural modification made to a part of the body.
  3. The reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population.
  4. Something an animal does usually in response to some type of external stimulus in order to survive.
  5. A large group of single-cell microorganisms.
  6. When germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
  7. The change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance.
  8. A permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene.
  9. When a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics.
  10. A term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another.

20 Clues: A large group of single-cell microorganisms. • The complete disappearance of a species from Earth. • A permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. • A type of structural modification made to a part of the body. • One parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring. • ...

Climate and Natural Vegetation 2023-04-08

Climate and Natural Vegetation crossword puzzle
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  1. exhaling and inhaling.
  2. Organic soil enricher.
  3. Forest that sheds leaves in autumn.
  4. Cold and treeless plain.
  5. Evergreen type of timber
  6. Unfrozen earth is a rarity in this soil.
  7. Tropical woodland with seasonal rain.
  8. temperature difference during the day.
  9. Plant perspiration.
  10. Solar radiation
  11. Global circulation pattern affecting the weather.
  12. sky waterfall.
  13. Calm wind zone where the cargo was discarded.
  14. Woodland ecosystem near the shore.
  15. Vast grassland ecosystem
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  1. Uncontrolled blaze in a woodland area.
  2. Amazonian caffeine berry.
  3. between desert and Mediterranean
  4. Minerals draining from the soil.
  5. mild and moderate Climate.
  6. green processes
  7. Southernmost continent.
  8. extends around 50 Km above the Earth's surface.
  9. Dense woodland of the North
  10. plants need.
  11. Distance from the equator
  12. Ecological variety of life.
  13. Open plain with grassy vegetation.
  14. Majestic tree with acorns
  15. plants pores.

30 Clues: plants need. • plants pores. • sky waterfall. • green processes • Solar radiation • Plant perspiration. • exhaling and inhaling. • Organic soil enricher. • Southernmost continent. • Cold and treeless plain. • Evergreen type of timber • Vast grassland ecosystem • Amazonian caffeine berry. • Distance from the equator • Majestic tree with acorns • mild and moderate Climate. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-05-10

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. The process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time
  2. The preserved remains of plants/animals whose bodies are buried in sediment, such as sand or mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers
  3. A heritable trait that increases an individuals fitness
  4. The process by which traits that improve an organism’s chances for survival and reproduction are passed on more frequently to future generations than those that do not
  5. A change in a population’s gene pool over time
  6. A feature that a species inherited from an ancestor but that is now less elaborate and functional than in the ancestor
  7. How reproductively successful an organism is in its environment
  8. A physical incompatibility between reproductive organs of two organisms
  9. Biological evolution that occurs by chance
  10. The disappearance of a species from Earth
  11. Similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions
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  1. When two populations differ in their periods of activities or reproductive cycles
  2. The process by which new species are generated
  3. A sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait
  4. The idea that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing
  5. The process of selection conducted under human direction
  6. The separation of groups of organisms as a result of changes in their ecology or in the environment in which they live
  7. The physical separation of members of a population
  8. Features of different species that are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and which do not derive from a common ancestral feature
  9. Changes in DNA
  10. When mismatches in mating traits prevent mating between two species/populations

21 Clues: Changes in DNA • The disappearance of a species from Earth • Biological evolution that occurs by chance • The process by which new species are generated • A change in a population’s gene pool over time • The physical separation of members of a population • A sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait • A heritable trait that increases an individuals fitness • ...

Natural Heritage of India 2015-01-05

Natural Heritage of India crossword puzzle
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  1. A mangrove forest is the home of an endangered species which is the national animal of two Asian countries
  2. Largest Bay in the world
  3. World's Second longest glacier in non-polar areas is one of the India's extreme points
  4. A mountain pass to its south a major river rises which was the furthest point of Alexander the great's invasion into India.
  5. Flower which shows a blooming period of once in 12 years
  6. A heavily flooded region got global recognition for its farming system with respect to altitude
  7. A critically endangered flying frog which lives at elevation greater than 1,000 m above mean sea level is endemic to this hills
  8. Saline soda lake was formed due to meteor impact
  9. Largest freshwater lake that contains the only floating national park in the world
  10. A summer capital which is known for the Floating gardens and wooden houseboats
  11. A river island which is the cultural capital and the cradle of civilization in that area for around 500 years
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  1. Longest natural cave in India
  2. Natural smooth stones found on the river bed of one of the major penninsular river is an iconic symbol of worship among hindus
  3. A tributary of yamuna which is famous for its varying shades of appearance due to the special deep canyon through which it flows
  4. World heritage site and the rock shelters which show the earliest traces of human life in indian subcontinent
  5. One of the world's smallest land border which was between India and an island country got destroyed in 1964
  6. A mountain range known as the abode of snow
  7. Asias's Biggest antelope is a common wild animal found in india
  8. Fold mountains where mining is found to be at earliest from 5th century BC through carbon dating
  9. Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake

20 Clues: Largest Bay in the world • Longest natural cave in India • Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake • A mountain range known as the abode of snow • Saline soda lake was formed due to meteor impact • Flower which shows a blooming period of once in 12 years • Asias's Biggest antelope is a common wild animal found in india • ...

Natural Heritage of India 2015-01-05

Natural Heritage of India crossword puzzle
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  1. World heritage site and the rock shelters which show the earliest traces of human life in indian subcontinent
  2. A mountain pass to its south a major river rises which was the furthest point of Alexander the great's invasion into India.
  3. Flower which shows a blooming period of once in 12 years
  4. A tributary of yamuna which is famous for its varying shades of appearance due to the special deep canyon through which it flows
  5. Fold mountains where mining is found to be at earliest from 5th century BC through carbon dating
  6. A critically endangered flying frog which lives at elevation greater than 1,000 m above mean sea level is endemic to this hills
  7. Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake
  8. Asias's Biggest antelope is a common wild animal found in india
  9. Largest freshwater lake that contains the only floating national park in the world
  10. A mountain range known as the abode of snow
  11. Saline soda lake was formed due to meteor impact
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  1. World's Second longest glacier in non-polar areas is one of the India's extreme points
  2. Largest Bay in the world
  3. Longest natural cave in India
  4. One of the world's smallest land border which was between India and an island country got destroyed in 1964
  5. A mangrove forest is the home of an endangered species which is the national animal of two Asian countries
  6. A heavily flooded region got global recognition for its farming system with respect to altitude
  7. Natural smooth stones found on the river bed of one of the major penninsular river is an iconic symbol of worship among hindus
  8. A river island which is the cultural capital and the cradle of civilization in that area for around 500 years
  9. A summer capital which is known for the Floating gardens and wooden houseboats

20 Clues: Largest Bay in the world • Longest natural cave in India • Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake • A mountain range known as the abode of snow • Saline soda lake was formed due to meteor impact • Flower which shows a blooming period of once in 12 years • Asias's Biggest antelope is a common wild animal found in india • ...

Natural Selection and Variation 2014-11-05

Natural Selection and Variation crossword puzzle
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  1. Reproductive isolation is a form of ______ isolation.
  2. Lamarck proposed that ______ characteristics were inherited.
  3. This type of mutation will not be passed on to offspring.
  4. This causes variation. It can be harmful, beneficial or neutral.
  5. Darwin and Alfred ______ proposed similar theories
  6. This isolation occurs when a population becomes divided by a physical barrier such as water, mountains, desert, etc.
  7. Another name for reproductive isolation is ______ speciation.
  8. This type of natural selection occurs when the environment changes.
  9. What animal is used to explain Lamarck’s theory?
  10. This type of natural selection occurs when the environment does not change.
  11. One of Darwin’s four observations states that more offspring are produced than survive to ______.
  12. ______ Selection.
  13. One of Darwin’s four observations detailed that individuals within a species differ from each other.
  14. Book title – 'On the Origin of ______ by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life'.
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  1. The name given to mutations that cause death
  2. Struggle for ______.
  3. Another name for geographical isolation is ______ speciation.
  4. This type of mutation is the only type that will contribute to large scale evolution (_____ - _____).
  5. A species is defined as a group of interbreeding populations that are ______ isolated from other groups.
  6. Charles ______ first proposed natural selection.
  7. Survival of the ______.
  8. Genetic ______ brings together new combinations of genes
  9. This type of natural selection occurs when selective pressures favour the two extremes of a characteristic.
  10. The development of a new species.
  11. Variation is the differences in ______ of genes.
  12. One of Darwin’s four observations stated that characteristics are ______.
  13. Gene _____ is the movement of genes from one population to another.
  14. One of Darwin’s four observations states that populations are fairly ______ in size.

28 Clues: ______ Selection. • Struggle for ______. • Survival of the ______. • The development of a new species. • The name given to mutations that cause death • Charles ______ first proposed natural selection. • Variation is the differences in ______ of genes. • What animal is used to explain Lamarck’s theory? • Darwin and Alfred ______ proposed similar theories • ...

Natural Selection and Variation 2014-11-05

Natural Selection and Variation crossword puzzle
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  1. Darwin and Alfred ______ proposed similar theories
  2. One of Darwin’s four observations states that more offspring are produced than survive to ______.
  3. The name given to mutations that cause death
  4. This type of natural selection occurs when the environment does not change.
  5. What animal is used to explain Lamarck’s theory?
  6. A species is defined as a group of interbreeding populations that are ______ isolated from other groups.
  7. Lamarck proposed that ______ characteristics were inherited.
  8. Reproductive isolation is a form of ______ isolation.
  9. The development of a new species.
  10. One of Darwin’s four observations detailed that individuals within a species differ from each other.
  11. This type of mutation will not be passed on to offspring.
  12. Charles ______ first proposed natural selection.
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  1. One of Darwin’s four observations states that populations are fairly ______ in size.
  2. Survival of the ______.
  3. Genetic ______ brings together new combinations of genes
  4. This isolation occurs when a population becomes divided by a physical barrier such as water, mountains, desert, etc.
  5. Variation is the differences in ______ of genes.
  6. This type of mutation is the only type that will contribute to large scale evolution (_____ - _____).
  7. Gene _____ is the movement of genes from one population to another.
  8. This type of natural selection occurs when selective pressures favour the two extremes of a characteristic.
  9. Another name for geographical isolation is ______ speciation.
  10. This type of natural selection occurs when the environment changes.
  11. This causes variation. It can be harmful, beneficial or neutral.
  12. Another name for reproductive isolation is ______ speciation.
  13. Struggle for ______.
  14. One of Darwin’s four observations stated that characteristics are ______.
  15. ______ Selection.
  16. Book title – 'On the Origin of ______ by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life'.

28 Clues: ______ Selection. • Struggle for ______. • Survival of the ______. • The development of a new species. • The name given to mutations that cause death • Variation is the differences in ______ of genes. • Charles ______ first proposed natural selection. • What animal is used to explain Lamarck’s theory? • Darwin and Alfred ______ proposed similar theories • ...

Virginia's Natural Resources Vocabulary 2015-11-18

Virginia's Natural Resources Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. animals/plants losing their homes (caused by pollution, destroying homes, over hunting)
  2. created by man (example: planting trees)(man-made)
  3. too much water
  4. adding harmful substances to the air, water, and land
  5. cannot be replaced in a short period of time
  6. water to the earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail
  7. animals/plants likely to become endangered/extinct
  8. electrical power produced when water is captured at a dam or created by falling water
  9. water that comes from the ground
  10. the act of saving, protecting, or using resources wisely
  11. water within the earth that supplies wells and springs
  12. use a resource over and over again (example: make a pencil holder from a can)
  13. something we need, want, and use (example: water, food)
  14. a place where fresh water and salt water mix together
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  1. having to do with plants/animals in the water
  2. a plant/animal new to an area
  3. of water
  4. an area of land where all water (H20) under it or draining off of it goes into a common
  5. taking more plants/animals than the population can withstand
  6. material, such as stones and sand, deposited by water
  7. caused by below average precipitation (not enough water)
  8. animals/plants that are very close to becoming extinct/ only a few left
  9. rocks
  10. animals/plants that have died out/ no more species of that kind are on earth
  11. another word for farmable; good (as in soil), fertile
  12. animals, sun) It helps support life on earth
  13. an example is to turn in plastic, glass, or cans to be used again
  14. a human-made lake that stores water held back by a dam
  15. able to be replaced in a short period of time
  16. farming/raising (example: corn, pigs) Virginia’s largest industry
  17. a naturally occurring substance, neither plant nor animal
  18. comes from the earth (made by nature) (example: tree, soil, water,
  19. use smaller amounts of a natural resource (example: take showers, not baths)

33 Clues: rocks • of water • too much water • a plant/animal new to an area • water that comes from the ground • cannot be replaced in a short period of time • animals, sun) It helps support life on earth • having to do with plants/animals in the water • able to be replaced in a short period of time • created by man (example: planting trees)(man-made) • ...

Natural Selection and Speciation 2018-10-24

Natural Selection and Speciation crossword puzzle
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  1. group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring under natural conditions
  2. keeping interbreeding groups apart by some barrier or mechanism
  3. selective breeding in which closely related individuals are allowed to breed
  4. the study of the embryos of different species
  5. the environmental factor that acts on the population during natural selection
  6. the process by which one species splits into two or more separate species
  7. the number and range of different species that exist on Earth or in an ecosystem
  8. selection the process by which people choose to breed particular organisms with desirable features; also known as selective breeding or directed selection
  9. the process where an environmental factor acts on a population and results in some organisms having more offspring than others
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  1. change in the characteristics of a species over many generations
  2. chemicals made by organisms such as fungi to defend them against bacteria
  3. a special case of natural selection where the environmental factor is the selection of a mate
  4. selective breeding by combining a desirable feature of one individual with another in the offspring
  5. structures that are controlled by some of the same inherited genes
  6. a map of all the places where a species occurs
  7. fossils that have features of two or more different groups
  8. differences in characteristics due to different genes
  9. the time between the birth of an individual and when they produce their own offspring
  10. inherited ability of a species to withstand chemicals such as pesticides
  11. structures that appear similar or have the same function but are controlled by different genes

20 Clues: the study of the embryos of different species • a map of all the places where a species occurs • differences in characteristics due to different genes • fossils that have features of two or more different groups • keeping interbreeding groups apart by some barrier or mechanism • change in the characteristics of a species over many generations • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-04-05

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
  2. group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
  3. the total collection of genes in a population at any one time in an inbreeding population
  4. the process of forming new allelic combinations in the reproduction of offspring through the shuffling of genes
  5. the accumulation of differences between groups
  6. a group of organisms of the same species in a given area
  7. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
  8. genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism in order to produce an organism with desired traits
  9. English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
  10. a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
  11. disappearance of a species from all parts of its geographical range
  12. an organism that is genetically identical to the organism in which it was produced
  13. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
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  1. a change or alteration in form or qualities
  2. The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation
  3. any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations
  4. A form of natural selection in which individuals with certain inherited characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain mates
  5. the gradual, nonrandom process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers
  6. A plant or animal that has beed trained or adapted to life with and to the advantage of humans; not wild
  7. any difference between individuals of the same species
  8. the evolution of a biological species

21 Clues: the evolution of a biological species • a change or alteration in form or qualities • the accumulation of differences between groups • a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce • any difference between individuals of the same species • a group of organisms of the same species in a given area • ...

Natural Resources Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-07

Natural Resources Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the chemical element of atomic number 15, a poisonous, combustible non-metal which exists in two common allotropic forms, white phosphorus, a yellowish waxy solid which ignites spontaneously in air and glows in the dark, and red phosphorus, a less reactive form used in making matches.
  2. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
  3. a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
  4. the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen.
  5. organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within a nuclear envelope.
  6. of or containing nitrogen with a lower valency, often three
  7. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.
  8. that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  9. colourless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odour and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light. It differs from normal oxygen (O2) in having three atoms in its molecule (O3).
  10. fully or partly halogenated paraffin hydrocarbons that contain only carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propane.
  11. a binary compound of oxygen with another element or group.
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  1. the process where organic forms of nitrogen are converted to NH4+
  2. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
  3. Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions.
  4. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
  5. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
  6. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
  7. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms
  8. a person or thing that eats or uses something.
  9. the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere, extending to about 50 km above the earth's surface (the lower boundary of the mesosphere).
  10. a gentle wind.
  11. the process of turning from liquid into vapour.
  12. colourless, odourless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
  13. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
  14. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.

25 Clues: a gentle wind. • a person or thing that eats or uses something. • the process of turning from liquid into vapour. • that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air. • a binary compound of oxygen with another element or group. • of or containing nitrogen with a lower valency, often three • the process where organic forms of nitrogen are converted to NH4+ • ...

Natural World vocab 2 2022-05-04

Natural World vocab 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. n. 后果 consequence
  2. balance n. 生态平衡balance of natural relationships in the environment
  3. n. 消灭 to get rid of; eradicate
  4. n. 杀虫剂 A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops.
  5. adj. 副热带的 in or connected with regions that are near tropical parts of the world
  6. adj. 本土的 born in a particular place
  7. adj. 温带的，温和的mild, moderate
  8. n. 赤道An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
  9. adj. 易受伤的 susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm
  10. n. 设有围栏的土地a small, usually enclosed field
  11. n. 农业 farming
  12. adj. 热带的 belonging to or typical of the tropics
  13. adj. 灭绝的 no longer in existence
  14. v. 根除 (v.) to root out, get rid of, destroy completely ; eliminate
  15. adj. 潮湿的 moist
  16. adj. 灾难性的 disastrous
  17. n. 基因
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  1. adj. 有机的 produced or practised without using artificial chemicals
  2. v. 进化 to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level
  3. n. 灭绝 A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
  4. adj. 半干旱的 characterized by scanty rainfall and scrubby vegetation, often occurring in continental interiors
  5. species n. 外来物种 an exotic species that has been released to the wild
  6. n. 北极地区 the area around the North Pole
  7. modified 转基因的
  8. adj. 干旱的 extremely dry
  9. adj. 濒临灭绝 in danger of becoming extinct
  10. adj. 有抵抗力的 opposed to or defending against
  11. adj. 地方性的，本土的 confined to a particular country or area
  12. n. 南极地区 the area around the South Pole
  13. n. 生态学家a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

30 Clues: n. 基因 • modified 转基因的 • n. 农业 farming • adj. 潮湿的 moist • n. 后果 consequence • adj. 灾难性的 disastrous • adj. 干旱的 extremely dry • adj. 温带的，温和的mild, moderate • n. 消灭 to get rid of; eradicate • adj. 灭绝的 no longer in existence • adj. 本土的 born in a particular place • n. 北极地区 the area around the North Pole • n. 南极地区 the area around the South Pole • adj. 濒临灭绝 in danger of becoming extinct • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-20

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. processes to better fir their environment
  2. a change in how an animal acts in response to a change
  3. Can be done with 1
  4. bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
  5. process of how bacteria reproduce
  6. drifting of alleles in response to a change
  7. introduction of genetic material
  8. a change in how an animals moves or looks in response to a change
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  1. A reduction of genetic variation
  2. similar structure but different functions
  3. requires 2 partners
  4. Has a distinct nucleus
  5. similar structures
  6. the process of animals adapting and changing
  7. size of a population severly decreases
  8. two species evolving with each other
  9. evolution causes a species to become a new distinct species
  10. No more of the animal is left
  11. Doesnt have a distinct nucleus
  12. 1,000,000,000 of this single celled organism

20 Clues: similar structures • Can be done with 1 • requires 2 partners • Has a distinct nucleus • No more of the animal is left • Doesnt have a distinct nucleus • A reduction of genetic variation • introduction of genetic material • process of how bacteria reproduce • two species evolving with each other • size of a population severly decreases • bacteria become resistant to antibiotics • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-21

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. the study of embryos and their development
  2. evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated organisms is
  3. structures that serve no purpose and are left from ancestors
  4. adjusting to new/different conditions individually and quickly
  5. change over time
  6. two species evolve together influencing one another
  7. a few organisms separate from the rest and grow a new population with different genetic variation than the initial.
  8. made the theory of evolution
  9. evolution of differing traits in species with common descent
  10. the dying out of a species
  11. asexual reproduction in which cell divides
  12. environmental factors that cause different traits to be more favorable
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  1. size of a population is severely reduced causing new genetic variation.
  2. structures that are different but have formed to function similarly in similar environments
  3. have a membrane-bound nucleus
  4. the increasing of a favorable trait is due to
  5. a group within a species separates and develops its own characteristics.
  6. lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
  7. structures that are made similarly due to shared ancestors
  8. lowest taxonomic level

20 Clues: change over time • lowest taxonomic level • the dying out of a species • made the theory of evolution • have a membrane-bound nucleus • the study of embryos and their development • asexual reproduction in which cell divides • the increasing of a favorable trait is due to • lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles • two species evolve together influencing one another • ...

Evolution and natural selection 2022-03-19

Evolution and natural selection crossword puzzle
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  1. distinct difference in organisms
  2. a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell
  3. the change in species over time
  4. the process of settling in an environment
  5. environment changes that force a population to change
  6. variability among living organisms
  7. primate species humans belong to
  8. ____ theory of evolution
  9. genetic drift that occurs when the size of a population is severely decreased
  10. the production of new organisms
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  1. remains of a post existing organism
  2. type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus
  3. structures that are no longer needed in an organism
  4. where species better adapted survive more efficiently
  5. the bird Darwin observed
  6. a population that were born at the same time
  7. wipe out of a organism
  8. breeding with another species
  9. body structure of organism
  10. whenever a organism is on the verge of extinction

20 Clues: wipe out of a organism • the bird Darwin observed • ____ theory of evolution • body structure of organism • breeding with another species • the change in species over time • the production of new organisms • distinct difference in organisms • primate species humans belong to • variability among living organisms • remains of a post existing organism • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-18

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. is an early, pre-birth stage of an organism's development.
  2. an extreme version of a trait makes an organism more fit.
  3. traits are newly evolved features
  4. Darwin's study of the distribution of plants and animals around the world.
  5. traits are more primitive features
  6. used for the same purpose and can be superficially similar in construction but are not inherited from a common ancestor.
  7. the most common form of natural selection.
  8. The process of directed breeding to produce offspring with desired traits,selective breeding.
  9. anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor
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  1. one species evolves to resemble another species.
  2. occurs when a population declines to a very low number and then rebounds.
  3. a process that splits a population into two groups.
  4. structures that are the reduced forms of functional structures in other organisms
  5. A measure of the relative contribution that an individual trait makes to the next generation.
  6. selection change in frequency of a trait is based on the ability to attract a mate.
  7. allows organisms to become almost invisible to predators.
  8. drift Any change in the allelic frequencies in a population that results from chance.
  9. occur when a small sample of a population settles in a location separated from the rest of the population.
  10. those less equipped would die, while those more equipped would survive.
  11. define cumulative changes in groups of organisms through time.

20 Clues: traits are newly evolved features • traits are more primitive features • the most common form of natural selection. • one species evolves to resemble another species. • a process that splits a population into two groups. • an extreme version of a trait makes an organism more fit. • allows organisms to become almost invisible to predators. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-18

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. When only one organisms is needed to reproduce
  2. Change of a species over long periods of time
  3. A cell with a nucleus
  4. A change in a species of organisms that help them survive better
  5. Event that takes out thins unfavorable traits from a population
  6. The study of embryos and how they change over time
  7. The addition or removal of genes in as population
  8. Those with the best traits have a higher chance of survival
  9. A change in behavior a species inherit throughout time that help it in an environment
  10. Small single cell organisms that are the most abundant on earth
  11. The variation of genes
  12. A type of bacterial reproduction
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  1. A change that influence the physical structure of an a species for the better
  2. When two organisms are needed to reproduce
  3. When an species of organisms cease to exist
  4. Genes inherited from parents
  5. Formation of new species through evolution
  6. An event that directly limits the population
  7. A cell that lacks a nucleus
  8. The when other species affect the evolution other species

20 Clues: A cell with a nucleus • The variation of genes • A cell that lacks a nucleus • Genes inherited from parents • A type of bacterial reproduction • When two organisms are needed to reproduce • Formation of new species through evolution • When an species of organisms cease to exist • An event that directly limits the population • Change of a species over long periods of time • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-02-28

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. q
  2. f
  3. e
  4. o
  5. p
  6. r
  7. m
  8. b
  9. c
  10. n
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  1. h
  2. j
  3. t
  4. i
  5. l
  6. d
  7. k
  8. a
  9. g
  10. s

20 Clues: h • q • j • f • t • i • e • o • l • p • d • k • r • m • b • a • g • c • n • s

Evolution and Natural selection 2024-03-11

Evolution and Natural selection crossword puzzle
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  1. mountains, volcano eruptions, and large bodies of water are examples of ____ barriers that can isolate populations
  2. the study of the early development of feruses of different organisms
  3. giant tortoises are only found on the galapagos island, each had a different species of tortoises, this would suggest that all tortoises evolved from
  4. a helpful mutation will the fitness if an individual in its environment
  5. having a lot of different species living in a habitat is called
  6. struggle for survival when a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
  7. the process in which changes in an environment pressure a species to change
  8. the source of variation in a species is _____ in DNA
  9. structures that have reduced in size because they no longer serve an important function
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  1. the whales flipper and arms of a human are examples of _____ because they gave the same borns but use them for different functions
  2. fossils in the lowest sedimentary rocks layers are ____ than fossils found in higher layers of rock
  3. inherited characteristics that increase chances of survival
  4. all vertebrate embryos are ___ in that they all have similar patterns of development
  5. ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment
  6. changes in the DNA of individuals of a population
  7. the natural selection could not occur without ____ and acts on a _____
  8. the ____ evolves
  9. the hip bones in whales and snakes serve no function, so they are examples of
  10. similarities and differences in amino acid sequences between organisms
  11. a species is a group that have unique features and cannot
  12. remains of dead organisms
  13. the process in which traits caused by mutations slowly accumulate in a population

22 Clues: the ____ evolves • remains of dead organisms • changes in the DNA of individuals of a population • the source of variation in a species is _____ in DNA • a species is a group that have unique features and cannot • ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment • inherited characteristics that increase chances of survival • ...

Lesson 14- Natural places 2024-03-09

Lesson 14- Natural places crossword puzzle
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  1. σκουπίδια
  2. είδος υπο εξαφάνιση
  3. εξερευνώ
  4. πεζοπορία
  5. ποτάμι
  6. ενοχλώ
  7. σε σχήμα καρδιάς
  8. ηφαίστειο
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  1. νησί
  2. πείθω
  3. σέβομαι
  4. ψυχαγωγώ
  5. έρημος
  6. ταϊζω
  7. δάσος
  8. αυτοκινητόδρομος
  9. λίμνη
  10. πληροφορώ
  11. παραλία
  12. ανεβαίνω
  13. όμως, ωστόσο

21 Clues: νησί • πείθω • ταϊζω • δάσος • λίμνη • έρημος • ποτάμι • ενοχλώ • σέβομαι • παραλία • ψυχαγωγώ • εξερευνώ • ανεβαίνω • σκουπίδια • πεζοπορία • πληροφορώ • ηφαίστειο • όμως, ωστόσο • αυτοκινητόδρομος • σε σχήμα καρδιάς • είδος υπο εξαφάνιση

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-03-13

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. the production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes
  2. a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
  3. any movement of individuals, and/or the genetic material they carry, from one population to another
  4. how a new kind of plant or animal species is created
  5. a mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent
  6. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  7. the process by which individuals compete for access to mates and fertilization opportunities
  8. the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment
  9. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  10. an infectious microbe consisting of a segment of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat
  11. the study of development of an embryo from the stage of ovum fertilization through to the fetal stage
  12. the diversity in a particular characteristic among individuals within a population
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  1. the dying out of a species
  2. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
  3. Provides important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments throughout time
  4. organism adapts to its environment through selectively reproducing changes in its genotype
  5. the main method of virus reproduction
  6. evolution in two or more evolutionary entities brought about by reciprocal selective effects between the entities
  7. small single-celled organisms
  8. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies

20 Clues: the dying out of a species • small single-celled organisms • the main method of virus reproduction • how a new kind of plant or animal species is created • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies • a mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent • ...

Nature and Natural Phenomena 2024-03-18

Nature and Natural Phenomena crossword puzzle
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  1. – лесной пожар
  2. – пыль
  3. – жара
  4. – суша
  5. – вулкан
  6. – озеро
  7. – климат
  8. – пустыня
  9. – волна
  10. – солнце
  11. – почва
  12. – температура
  13. – пруд
  14. – берег
  15. – засуха
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  1. – град
  2. – пещера
  3. – молния
  4. – мелкий дождь
  5. – лавина
  6. – снег
  7. – долина
  8. – мыс
  9. – болото
  10. – роса
  11. – солнечный свет
  12. – дождь
  13. – лес
  14. – камень
  15. – давление

30 Clues: – мыс • – лес • – град • – пыль • – жара • – снег • – суша • – роса • – пруд • – озеро • – дождь • – волна • – почва • – берег • – пещера • – молния • – лавина • – долина • – вулкан • – климат • – болото • – солнце • – камень • – засуха • – пустыня • – давление • – температура • – лесной пожар • – мелкий дождь • – солнечный свет

Natural Object And Adjectives 2025-02-26

Natural Object And Adjectives crossword puzzle
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  1. Badai
  2. Pulau
  3. Gunung
  4. Angin
  5. Udara
  6. Awan
  7. Laut
  8. Langit
  9. Lembah
  10. Petir
  11. Air
  12. Kepulauan
  13. Gerhana
  14. Tanjung
  15. Jurang
  16. Samudera
  17. Sungai
  18. Batu
  19. Kilat
  20. Bukit
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  1. Gurun Pasir
  2. Pelangi
  3. Salju
  4. Daratan
  5. Puting Beliung
  6. Tanah
  7. Air Terjung
  8. Kutub
  9. Hutan
  10. Benua
  11. Gunung Berapi
  12. Rawa
  13. Danau
  14. Gua
  15. Pantai
  16. Padang rumput
  17. Mata Air
  18. Terumbu Karang
  19. Hujan
  20. Pasir

40 Clues: Air • Gua • Awan • Laut • Rawa • Batu • Badai • Salju • Pulau • Angin • Tanah • Udara • Kutub • Hutan • Benua • Petir • Danau • Hujan • Pasir • Kilat • Bukit • Gunung • Langit • Lembah • Pantai • Jurang • Sungai • Pelangi • Daratan • Gerhana • Tanjung • Mata Air • Samudera • Kepulauan • Gurun Pasir • Air Terjung • Gunung Berapi • Padang rumput • Puting Beliung • Terumbu Karang

Evolution and natural selection 2025-02-22

Evolution and natural selection crossword puzzle
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  1. Idea that animals in the wild compete and the organisms with the most beneficial traits survive to pass on traits to offspring
  2. The process where people move around and come into contact with each other possibly causing the spread of a disease
  3. pocket mice A species that lives in the desert and evolved over time to change colors to hide from predators
  4. Being resistant to a infectious disease or pathogen
  5. When a species has completely died off
  6. Traits that help an organism survive and reproduce offspring
  7. A random change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
  8. A species that Darwin discovered in the Galapagos that had variations in their beaks
  9. Nonliving agent that causes infections and cannot be treated with antibiotics
  10. to another
  11. A bacterial disease that spreads through infected food/water resulting in vomiting and diarrhea
  12. moths A species that evolved over time due to air pollution
  13. Single celled prokaryotic organism that causes infections and can be treated with antibiotics
  14. Process of organisms blending in with their environment
  15. A set of behaviors that animals use to attract a mate and reproduce
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  1. The process by which bacteria evolve to fight against antibiotics
  2. The amount of individuals in a given area
  3. Differences in traits from one organisms within the same species
  4. A group of organisms that resemble one another and are able to reproduce among themselves.
  5. The process by which organisms that are better adapted to the environment survive to reproduce offspring
  6. The next generation of an animal
  7. Reproductive success of an organism
  8. Process in which an organism's genetic makeup changes over time.
  9. Father of natural selection
  10. The spread of an infectious disease from one organism to another
  11. death A disease that hit Europe and Asia during the mid 1300s that caused boils on the body, fever and vomiting of blood
  12. Genetic characteristics among similar organisms in a species that is passed on from one

27 Clues: to another • Father of natural selection • The next generation of an animal • Reproductive success of an organism • When a species has completely died off • The amount of individuals in a given area • Being resistant to a infectious disease or pathogen • A random change in the DNA sequence of an organism. • Process of organisms blending in with their environment • ...

W6 Crossword Natural Sources 2025-03-13

W6 Crossword Natural Sources crossword puzzle
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  1. The day on which day humanity is created
  2. this female figure is key to Abraham’s promise; her son will become the second patriarch
  3. a psychological word used for egotistical people, e.g., Joseph, etymology doing back to Narcissus in the classical myth
  4. when the biblical god rhetorically asks Cain where his brother is, he says, “Am I my brother’s ……..”
  5. a literary term associated with the patriarchs; stories of families
  6. the biblical god makes agreements with the biblical figures; there is three of them in the biblical text
  7. the giant figures whom we will see in Numbers, cf. the one-eyed giant monsters in the Odyssey
  8. the nephew of Abraham; his story presents violent details, also recalling Noah
  9. the medical female helper in giving birth; they save Moses
  10. the biblical god hardens this body organ of the pharaoh in Moses’ story
  11. a character type; deceitful person, but is not punished, e.g. Rebecca and Mrs Potiphar
  12. the meaning of Noah’s name; to slow down; to have break
  13. the first sin committed against the first commandment of god
  14. her name means “cow”, the first wife of Jacob
  15. this animal is a substitute for Isaac
  16. this problem is caused by adultery in the harem of the Egyptian pharaoh in Abraham’s story
  17. this word characterizes Jacob, meaning integrity, also smooth operator
  18. This character is not associated with animal husbandry; produces viniculture
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  1. joseph travels from one place to another place; literary genre associated with a character type known as “picaro”
  2. the sign of Abrahamic covenant
  3. literal meaning is binding; Isaac’s sacrifice story
  4. The number of years Jacob works in total for his wives
  5. This is the larger theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the classical myth, cf. morality in the biblical texts
  6. up until the story of Abraham, the biblical materials present such stories; a literary term; meaning stories about the birth and adventures of gods
  7. when Jacob’s name changes, he gets this new name
  8. this female figure is virgin, and she is described with active verbs, a manipulator
  9. both Noah’s and Utnapishtim’s ark loses this part; they do not where to go
  10. Both Jacob and Joseph see this; Joseph also interprets this
  11. gerund; this verb is used either with “against” or with “to” meaning different things with different figures
  12. the sole identity marker for Sarah; barren
  13. in the plural; the gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh are described as such as they devour the sacrifice after the flood; small insect-like animal
  14. this character is also hairy like Esau; a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh
  15. conception suggesting that Virgin Eve is clean; off the vitiated seed

33 Clues: the sign of Abrahamic covenant • this animal is a substitute for Isaac • The day on which day humanity is created • the sole identity marker for Sarah; barren • her name means “cow”, the first wife of Jacob • when Jacob’s name changes, he gets this new name • literal meaning is binding; Isaac’s sacrifice story • The number of years Jacob works in total for his wives • ...

8th Grade Natural Selection 2024-04-16

8th Grade Natural Selection crossword puzzle
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  1. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
  2. a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
  3. a characteristic that all members of a species have
  4. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  5. the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
  6. to stay alive
  7. an event or process that leads to a result or change
  8. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  9. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  10. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  11. the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
  12. an instruction for making a protein molecule
  13. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  14. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  15. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
  16. a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  17. a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
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  1. a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
  2. a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  3. a related organism from a previous generation
  4. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  5. something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
  6. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
  7. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  8. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
  9. to receive genes from a parent
  10. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  11. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
  12. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
  13. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  14. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  15. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time

32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...

8 - Natural Selection Crossword 2025-03-05

8 - Natural Selection Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Any difference between individuals of the same species
  2. the branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development
  3. A classification grouping that consists of a number of similar, closely related species
  4. Process by which cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.
  5. using DNA sequences and/or chemical compounds of species to determine relatedness
  6. a random error in gene replication that leads to a change
  7. a physical or chemical event that occurs within the body of an organism and enables survival
  8. When two separate species begin to share analogous (comparable) traits because of shared environment pressures or shared demands.
  9. The gradual change in a species over time
  10. the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
  11. group or level of organization into which organisms are classified
  12. Process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other
  13. Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal
  14. Bodies within the nucleus made in DNA and proteins called the histones
  15. Fossils that provide patterns of evolutionary change from the early ancestors to modern life forms
  16. inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
  17. Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
  18. A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
  19. A species or organism that is most suited to survive in a certain type of environment
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  1. Body parts that share a common function, but not structure
  2. A structure that is present in an organism but no longer serves its original purpose
  3. the evolution of populations of pathogenic bacteria that antibiotics are unable to kill
  4. Any color, pattern, shape, or behavior that enables an animal to blend in with its surroundings
  5. an inherited behavior that helps an organism survive
  6. when some species are no longer effected by interventions such as antibiotics or pesticides
  7. a physical feature of an organism's body having a specific function that contributes to the survival of the organism
  8. Organisms born with the best adaptations survive and pass on their traits to offspring. Organisms without these adaptations die and do not reproduce. Over time, the population changes as more organisms inherit the adaptation
  9. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  10. Natural features that separate populations of a species and interbreeding more difficult or impossible
  11. An organism in the earliest stage of development
  12. A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.
  13. A form of asexual reproduction in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent
  14. the state of existing before or previous to something else
  15. The top rock layer and its fossils is the youngest and the bottom is the oldest
  16. Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population
  17. Human interventions in helping to produce desired traits in domesticated animals
  18. Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name
  19. A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
  20. A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
  21. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

40 Clues: The gradual change in a species over time • An organism in the earliest stage of development • an inherited behavior that helps an organism survive • Any difference between individuals of the same species • a random error in gene replication that leads to a change • Body parts that share a common function, but not structure • ...

Nico's Natural Wine Crossword 2025-01-31

Nico's Natural Wine Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The aromas of vinegar and nail polish remover in natural wine are referred to as ________ acidity
  2. ________ maceration is when whole clusters of grapes are sealed in a carbon dioxide filled tank to start fermentation within each grape
  3. A region in France known for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
  4. Pinto ____
  5. The cultivation of grape vines for the purpose of winemaking
  6. Natural wine where nothing is added or taken away is called
  7. Naturally occurs in wine during fermentation and sometimes is added to wine as a preservative
  8. A method for making orange wine and rosé, also called maceration
  9. A cute lil wine shop in Atwater Village
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  1. A word used to describe an entire estate with vineyards
  2. A classification for wine of the highest quality
  3. Soil, topography, and climate of a particular grape
  4. A naturally bubbly wine that finishes fermenting after it’s bottled
  5. The type of plant grapes grow on
  6. A sustainable and holistic approach to farming
  7. The monthly wine club at Nico’s
  8. When yeast breaks down the sugars in grapes
  9. When wine has a hamster cage taste
  10. Wine that is principally made of one grape and has its name on the label ex. Chenin
  11. The primary red wine variety grown in the Beaujolais region
  12. A word used to describe natural wine and a genre of music

21 Clues: Pinto ____ • The monthly wine club at Nico’s • The type of plant grapes grow on • When wine has a hamster cage taste • A cute lil wine shop in Atwater Village • When yeast breaks down the sugars in grapes • A sustainable and holistic approach to farming • A classification for wine of the highest quality • Soil, topography, and climate of a particular grape • ...

Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-07

Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. refers to the observable traits or characteristics of an organism, such as its appearance, behavior, and physiological features. It is influenced by both genetics and the environment.
  2. the process by which living organisms produce new individuals.
  3. the process by which traits or characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring. It involves the transmission of genetic information.
  4. Charles __________, a scientist known for his theory of evolution by natural selection. He proposed that species change over time based on survival advantages.
  5. refers to a group of similar organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring. Members of the same species share common characteristics and genetic traits.
  6. trait or characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment. It can result from changes in behavior, physiology, or structure over time.
  7. refers to something that occurs in nature without human intervention. It can describe processes, features, or substances that are part of the environment.
  8. a specific characteristic or feature of an organism, such as color, size, or behavior. Traits are often determined by an organism's genes.
  9. refers to a process that favors certain traits or characteristics over others. In natural selection, it describes how individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.
  10. refer to alterations or modifications in characteristics, behaviors, or conditions over time. In biology, changes can occur in populations through processes like evolution and adaptation.
  11. is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It encompasses various fields, including genetics, ecology, and evolution, to understand how life functions and interacts.
  12. segments of DNA that carry genetic information. They determine specific traits and characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
  13. refers to a beneficial trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive or reproduce better than others. It can improve the chances of success in a specific environment.
  14. the ability of an organism to continue living and reproducing in its environment. It often depends on adapting to changing conditions and challenges.
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  1. the genetic makeup of an organism. It determines traits inherited from parents.
  2. refers to a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area. It can be studied in terms of size, density, and distribution.
  3. are changes in the DNA sequence of an organism's genes. They can occur naturally or due to environmental factors and may lead to new traits in a population.
  4. the process where certain traits become more common in a population because they provide advantages for survival or reproduction. This is often called natural selection.
  5. refers to traits or characteristics that can be passed from parents to their offspring through genes. These traits can be inherited in future generations.
  6. a change in the DNA sequence of an organism. It can lead to new traits and may be beneficial, harmful, or neutral to the organism's survival.
  7. refers to the variety of different types of organisms and their traits within a specific area or ecosystem. It includes genetic, species, and ecological differences.
  8. refers to the challenges and competition organisms face to survive and reproduce in their environment. It can include competing for resources, avoiding predators, and adapting to changes.
  9. refers to the surrounding conditions, including living and non-living elements, that affect an organism's life. It includes factors like climate, soil, and other organisms.
  10. refers to the total collection of genes and their variations within a population. It includes all the genetic information available for inheritance in that group.
  11. any living entity, such as a plant, animal, fungus, or microbe, that can carry out life processes independently. Organisms can be single-celled or multicellular.
  12. means traits or characteristics passed down from parents to their offspring through genes. These traits are part of an organism's genetic makeup.
  13. refers to traits or behaviors that improve an organism's chances of surviving and reproducing in its environment. These traits are often the result of evolution and natural selection.
  14. process through which species change over time due to genetic variations and natural selection. It explains how different species arise and adapt to their environments.

28 Clues: the process by which living organisms produce new individuals. • the genetic makeup of an organism. It determines traits inherited from parents. • segments of DNA that carry genetic information. They determine specific traits and characteristics passed from parents to offspring. • ...

Natural selection Hannah crouch 2024-11-01

Natural selection Hannah crouch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pressure: something in place that affects person changes in serving
  2. Group of people living in the same area
  3. A person related form previous generation.
  4. A trait makes it less likely that person will survive in specific place
  5. A random change to a gene and can add new traits
  6. A person produced as reproduction
  7. A build that making a protein molecule
  8. Way of hiding by looking same as background
  9. event that leads to result or change
  10. A number of people with each trait In group
  11. That can be in one or more group and do not reproduce with diff organisms from any group
  12. group of people living at the same time
  13. Trait that helps person survive in environment
  14. stay a alive
  15. A specific looked of a organism
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  1. Two parents that pass down genes to create a offspring
  2. from of gene that has instructions for making a partial protein molecule
  3. lage molecule that has importation factions inside organist
  4. everything live and not live surrounds organism’
  5. graph that used bars to show characteristic or values that are distributed in a group
  6. long piece of DNA that holds many genes
  7. A change that happens because of an event.
  8. A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  9. Animal that is hunted or killed by bigger animals
  10. A characteristic that all species have
  11. Idea of what happens that is based on what you know already
  12. Young insect looks different from the adult
  13. To get a gene from a parent
  14. A living things as animals plants and bacteria
  15. Any different traits between organisms

30 Clues: stay a alive • To get a gene from a parent • A specific looked of a organism • A person produced as reproduction • event that leads to result or change • A build that making a protein molecule • A characteristic that all species have • Any different traits between organisms • Group of people living in the same area • long piece of DNA that holds many genes • ...

Natural selection Josiah Jones 2024-11-01

Natural selection Josiah Jones crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
  2. a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
  3. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce
  4. trait: a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  5. organisms from any other group
  6. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
  7. a related organism from a previous generation
  8. reproduction: the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
  9. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  10. selection: the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many
  11. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  12. to receive genes from a parent
  13. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
  14. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  15. an instruction for making a protein molecule
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  1. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
  2. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
  3. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
  4. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
  5. trait: a trait that makes it less likely t
  6. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  7. a characteristic that all members of a species have
  8. to stay alive
  9. an event or process that leads to a result or change
  10. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  11. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  12. an individual will survive in a specific
  13. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  14. pressure: something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
  15. molecule: a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  16. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  17. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  18. version: a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein

33 Clues: to stay alive • organisms from any other group • to receive genes from a parent • an individual will survive in a specific • trait: a trait that makes it less likely t • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • ...

Natural Selection Vocabulary words 2024-11-01

Natural Selection Vocabulary words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. reproduction when two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
  2. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  3. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  4. a characteristic that helps an individual survive
  5. and event or process that leads to a result or change
  6. the number of individuals with a trait in a population
  7. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  8. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  9. pressure something in the enviroment that affects and individual's chances of surviving
  10. an idea about what might happen based on what you already know
  11. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
  12. to stay alive
  13. a related organism from a previous generation
  14. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  15. hiding by blending in to the background
  16. when the distribution of traits changes over many generations
  17. everything that surrounds an organism
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  1. a result of change that happens because of an event
  2. a characteristic that makes it less likely for an individual to survive
  3. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  4. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  5. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  6. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
  7. a change to a gene that sometimes results in new traits
  8. a group of organisms of the same kind that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
  9. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  10. a characteristic that all members of a species have
  11. an instruction for making a protein molecule
  12. molecule a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  13. version a form of a gene that provides instructions for making a protein molecule
  14. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  15. to recieve genes from a parent

32 Clues: to stay alive • to recieve genes from a parent • everything that surrounds an organism • hiding by blending in to the background • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that helps an individual survive • ...

Natural Selection and Adaption 2025-09-16

Natural Selection and Adaption crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms for food.
  2. Colouring, patterns, or shapes that help an organism blend into its surroundings.
  3. A specific characteristic or feature of an organism, such as colour or size.
  4. The passing of traits, features, or characteristics from parents to their offspring.
  5. An organism from which other organisms have descended over many generations.
  6. Preserved remains, impressions, or traces of organisms from the distant past.
  7. The study of how and why species are distributed across geographical areas.
  8. A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
  9. A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area.
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  1. A mammal species that carries and nurtures its young in a pouch.
  2. A measure of how well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment.
  3. The process by which species gradually change and develop over many generations.
  4. A change in an organism’s DNA that may create new traits.
  5. A feature that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
  6. The differences in characteristics and traits among individuals of the same species.
  7. The process by which new and distinct species evolve from existing species over time.
  8. The permanent disappearance of a species from the Earth, no longer living.
  9. The surrounding conditions and factors that affect an organism’s survival and growth.
  10. The struggle between organisms for limited resources such as food, water, or space.
  11. An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator for survival.

20 Clues: A change in an organism’s DNA that may create new traits. • A mammal species that carries and nurtures its young in a pouch. • An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator for survival. • An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms for food. • A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. • ...

Natural Selection and Adaption 2025-09-16

Natural Selection and Adaption crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms for food.
  2. Colouring, patterns, or shapes that help an organism blend into its surroundings.
  3. A specific characteristic or feature of an organism, such as colour or size.
  4. The passing of traits, features, or characteristics from parents to their offspring.
  5. An organism from which other organisms have descended over many generations.
  6. Preserved remains, impressions, or traces of organisms from the distant past.
  7. The study of how and why species are distributed across geographical areas.
  8. A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
  9. A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area.
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  1. A mammal species that carries and nurtures its young in a pouch.
  2. A measure of how well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment.
  3. The process by which species gradually change and develop over many generations.
  4. A change in an organism’s DNA that may create new traits.
  5. A feature that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
  6. The differences in characteristics and traits among individuals of the same species.
  7. The process by which new and distinct species evolve from existing species over time.
  8. The permanent disappearance of a species from the Earth, no longer living.
  9. The surrounding conditions and factors that affect an organism’s survival and growth.
  10. The struggle between organisms for limited resources such as food, water, or space.
  11. An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator for survival.

20 Clues: A change in an organism’s DNA that may create new traits. • A mammal species that carries and nurtures its young in a pouch. • An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator for survival. • An organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms for food. • A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. • ...

Natural Hazard crossword puzzle 2026-04-17

Natural Hazard crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spinning air funnels
  2. Water covering land
  3. Very strong winds
  4. Crack in the earth
  5. Giant ocean waves
  6. surge Ocean water flooding
  7. cloud Ash in the air
  8. Strong ocean storms
  9. Snow falling fast
  10. of the storm Calm center
  11. Dirt and rocks falling down
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  1. No air for a long time
  2. Opening that erupts lava
  3. Volcano explosion
  4. Large uncontrolled fire
  5. Melted rock underground
  6. Heavy snowstorms
  7. Ground shaking
  8. Days of extreme heat
  9. Small quake after a big one

20 Clues: Ground shaking • Heavy snowstorms • Volcano explosion • Very strong winds • Giant ocean waves • Snow falling fast • Crack in the earth • Water covering land • Strong ocean storms • Spinning air funnels • Days of extreme heat • No air for a long time • Large uncontrolled fire • Melted rock underground • Opening that erupts lava • Small quake after a big one • Dirt and rocks falling down • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2026-04-29

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. argued new species come into existence through acquired traits not natural selection
  2. speciation that occurs through physical seperation
  3. populaations that develop slight differences due to rare gene flow
  4. anatomical similarities resulting from common ancestory
  5. migrated nostrils in whales
  6. earliest true whale from Pakistan
  7. argued for evolution through natural selection
  8. speciation that occurs through the exploitation of a new niche
  9. a type of fossil that shows how one species evolved into a new species
  10. island inhabitants whose beaks varied
  11. structures that no longer have a purpose
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  1. home to Darwins finches
  2. fish feature that develops in human embryos then dissappears
  3. argued in his book that the earth is very old
  4. link between dinosaurs and birds
  5. Darwins ship
  6. mouse that evolved a dark fur color and now can live in lava rock
  7. ability to survive and reproduce
  8. african fish that speciated due to geographic isolation
  9. warned that overpopulation and a lack of food would lead to mass starvation

20 Clues: Darwins ship • home to Darwins finches • migrated nostrils in whales • link between dinosaurs and birds • ability to survive and reproduce • earliest true whale from Pakistan • island inhabitants whose beaks varied • structures that no longer have a purpose • argued in his book that the earth is very old • argued for evolution through natural selection • ...

Lesson 1 Crossword 2017-02-15

Lesson 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To process used products
  2. Provide lumber for paper products
  3. Many natural resources come from ______________.
  4. Natural resources include __________ from which this page was made
  5. Material that is found in nature
  6. The United States has about ___________ percent of the worlds people.
  7. Resource that can not be replaced
  8. Oil heats homes and generates _____________.
  9. Each year, ____________ remove 8000lb of gravel and stone from the earth
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  1. The United States has large supplies of ___________ and natural gas
  2. _______________ use in the US is higher per person than any other country
  3. Resource that can be replaced
  4. Careful use of resources
  5. Natural resources are distributed _________ around the world
  6. United states has just 3% of this
  7. Use of water to form electricity
  8. Use resources again

17 Clues: Use resources again • To process used products • Careful use of resources • Resource that can be replaced • Use of water to form electricity • Material that is found in nature • Provide lumber for paper products • United states has just 3% of this • Resource that can not be replaced • Oil heats homes and generates _____________. • ...

Unit 4 Quiz Review (Human Impact) 2021-10-26

Unit 4 Quiz Review (Human Impact) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the wise use and preservation of resources through decreased waste
  2. second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, where the ozone layer is located and most Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed.
  3. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
  4. the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, closest to Earth, where nearly all weather and manmade activity occurs
  5. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  6. behavior that leads to the protection and reclamation of natural resources
  7. Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species
  8. removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves
  9. natural resources that humans use to produce energy
  10. movement of people from rural areas to cities
  11. a measure of air or water quality express by the molecules of foreign matter as a part of a larger whole
  12. the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
  13. pollution that does not have a specific identifiable point of origin, or has many points of origin
  14. a tiny solid suspended in air or water
  15. fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants.
  16. natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases
  17. A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s
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  1. natural materials used to make things or used by humans as food
  2. pollution that comes from a specific site
  3. a measure of the pollutants in the air that is used to express how clean or polluted the air is
  4. a nonrenewable natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
  5. a layer in the stratosphere that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
  6. rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids due to pollution
  7. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
  8. the situation that arises when more soil nutrients are used than the decomposers can supply
  9. a large natural or artificial body of stored drinking water
  10. a natural or pollution-induced phenomenon in which a body of water becomes rich in nutrients and experiences rapid growth of plants and algae

27 Clues: a tiny solid suspended in air or water • pollution that comes from a specific site • movement of people from rural areas to cities • natural resources that humans use to produce energy • a large natural or artificial body of stored drinking water • removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves • ...

Umwelt und Umweltprobleme 2017-03-01

Umwelt und Umweltprobleme crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ecology
  2. global warming
  3. pollution
  4. nuclear power plant
  5. reusable
  6. to destroy
  7. to recycle
  8. to consume
  9. extinction
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  1. quiet
  2. to conserve
  3. environmental conservation
  4. natural disaster
  5. nature trail
  6. environmentally friendly
  7. natural resources
  8. drinkable

17 Clues: quiet • ecology • reusable • pollution • drinkable • to destroy • to recycle • to consume • extinction • to conserve • nature trail • global warming • natural disaster • natural resources • nuclear power plant • environmentally friendly • environmental conservation

Colombia 2022-01-11

Colombia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Popular sports #1
  2. Popular sports #2
  3. what language Colombians speak #2
  4. Religion practiced in Colombia #2
  5. Natural hazards #3
  6. Colombian money
  7. Religion practiced in Colombia #1
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  1. Colombia's climate #1
  2. colombia's national dish
  3. Time zone in Colombia
  4. Natural hazards #2
  5. what language Colombians speak #1
  6. Natural hazards #1
  7. What side Colombians drive on
  8. Colombias climate #2

15 Clues: Colombian money • Popular sports #1 • Popular sports #2 • Natural hazards #2 • Natural hazards #1 • Natural hazards #3 • Colombia's climate #1 • Time zone in Colombia • Colombias climate #2 • colombia's national dish • What side Colombians drive on • what language Colombians speak #2 • Religion practiced in Colombia #2 • what language Colombians speak #1 • ...

Unit 1 - Stellan, Carlos, Julian, 2020-01-23

Unit 1 - Stellan, Carlos, Julian, crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Creator
  2. Knowing what is right and long
  3. To believe
  4. Lazy; not will to go to church
  5. God makes himself known to us
  6. Innate knowledge that their is a higher being
  7. Teaching authority of Popes and Bishops
  8. Unable to be incorrect
  9. To unveil
  10. The natural voice of God in us
  11. Final Revelation
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  1. natural faith
  2. Corresponds with reality
  3. Teaching by the Pope to be inerrant
  4. Person who believes nothing can be known
  5. Truth, beauty, and goodness
  6. Through divine revelation
  7. Something that is good
  8. Pleasing to the eye

19 Clues: Creator • To unveil • To believe • natural faith • Final Revelation • Pleasing to the eye • Unable to be incorrect • Something that is good • Corresponds with reality • Through divine revelation • Truth, beauty, and goodness • God makes himself known to us • Knowing what is right and long • Lazy; not will to go to church • The natural voice of God in us • Teaching by the Pope to be inerrant • ...

Science Extra Credit - 4th Quarter 2017-04-25

Science Extra Credit - 4th Quarter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measure of the cloudiness of water that is caused by suspended solids.
  2. removal of trees and other vegetation from an area.
  3. resource any type of matter or energy from Earth’s environment that humans use to meet their needs; includes water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals.
  4. behavior that leads to the protection, conservation and reclamation of natural resources.
  5. growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities.
  6. resource - natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food and drink.
  7. pollution that comes from many different sources, such as industries, homes, and farms.
  8. suitable for drinking.
  9. pollution contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural sources.
  10. artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam.
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  1. process by which human activities or climatic changes make areas more desert-like.
  2. process of planting trees to reestablish forestland.
  3. controlled use and/or maintenance of natural resources; the wise use and preservation of natural resources.
  4. process by which a damaged land area is returned to nearly the condition it was in before people used it.
  5. fuel nonrenewable energy resource that began to form millions of years ago from remains of once-living plants and animals; provides energy and includes coal, oil, and natural gas.
  6. tiny particle or droplet, such as dust, dirt, or pollen that are mixed in with air.
  7. symbol for the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
  8. process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap.
  9. pollution waste matter or other material that is introduced into water and that is harmful to organisms that live in, drink, or are exposed to the water.
  10. combination of smoke and fog; air pollution that forms when ozone and vehicle exhaust react with sunlight.

20 Clues: suitable for drinking. • removal of trees and other vegetation from an area. • process of planting trees to reestablish forestland. • artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam. • growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities. • symbol for the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. • ...

S&E Economic Crossword 2013-12-12

S&E Economic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. activities that blend economic resources to create goods and services
  2. Natural material
  3. Devoted to doing one thing
  4. The scarcity of natural resources
  5. Merchandise articles for sale or use
  6. Direct exchange of one goods/services for another
  7. Currency that is essential in the economy
  8. Meeting all of your wants with effort
  9. Work done in exchange of some return
  10. The limit of natural resources
  11. Someone who purchases goods/uses to meet their wants
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  1. To show different classes of skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled workers
  2. Something wished for, but not needed
  3. All natural resources
  4. Man made/manufractured that help in producing other objects
  5. Something vital to survive and wellbeing
  6. Resources are the abilities of people called entrepreneur
  7. Communities who wander from place to place in search of food, water, shelter to satisfy their wants
  8. Work done by other people like maids

19 Clues: Natural material • All natural resources • Devoted to doing one thing • The limit of natural resources • The scarcity of natural resources • Something wished for, but not needed • Merchandise articles for sale or use • Work done by other people like maids • Work done in exchange of some return • Meeting all of your wants with effort • Something vital to survive and wellbeing • ...

crisis managment 2023-05-22

crisis managment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process of locating, assisting extracting people in distress or danger
  2. empathetic relationship in which parties understand each other and communicate
  3. event or condition which puts the health of a population at risk
  4. natural disaster caused by the movement of solid earth
  5. natural disaster caused by long-term atmospheric processes
  6. natural disaster caused by short-term weather conditions
  7. natural disaster caused by the movement or distribution of surface water
Down
  1. crisis negotiation model made by the FBI
  2. used to communicate with individuals who are threatening violence
  3. isolation and restriction of movement due to exposure to hazardous conditions
  4. event an individual commits a violent crime, a large number of people in danger
  5. unstable difficult, dangerous event unexpected, require immediate action
  6. state in which air can flow into the space, but not escape from the space
  7. processes and procedures which reduce or avoid losses, minimize fear
  8. basic physical and organizational frameworks and facilities community
  9. adverse event caused by natural processes
  10. short concrete post designed to protect from damage caused by a vehicle
  11. actions that prevent or reduce the likelihood of an event or damage occurred
  12. process of removing occupants from a dangerous area

19 Clues: crisis negotiation model made by the FBI • adverse event caused by natural processes • process of removing occupants from a dangerous area • natural disaster caused by the movement of solid earth • natural disaster caused by short-term weather conditions • natural disaster caused by long-term atmospheric processes • ...

Natural Hazards Vocabulary Puzzle#2 2024-01-07

Natural Hazards Vocabulary Puzzle#2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arrangement or spread of things over an area.
  2. is a natural hazard than has actually occurred
  3. involving or causing a sudden, intense, and often destructive event.
  4. an object in orbit around a larger body, often referring to human-made objects in Earth's orbit.
  5. place where a substance (such as water) is stored for future use.
  6. scattered fragments, typically resulting from a destructive force.
  7. gathered by measuring or counting things.
  8. relating to the study of the Earth's history, structure, and processes.
  9. rate at which something occurs or repeats over time.
Down
  1. mutually reliant on each other.
  2. size or extent of a phenomenon, often used to describe the intensity of natural events.
  3. threat to People or Property.
  4. a series of events occurring in nature without human intervention.
  5. downhill movement of rock and soil under the influence of gravity.
  6. continuous process of movement and interaction of the Earth's lithospheric plates.
  7. inclination of the Earth's axis in relation to its orbit around the sun.
  8. movement of something from one place to another.
  9. a map showing meteorological conditions over a specific geographic area.
  10. relating to the Earth's structure and the movement of its plates.

19 Clues: threat to People or Property. • mutually reliant on each other. • gathered by measuring or counting things. • arrangement or spread of things over an area. • is a natural hazard than has actually occurred • movement of something from one place to another. • rate at which something occurs or repeats over time. • ...

Intro to Forestry and Natural Resources 2022-04-07

Intro to Forestry and Natural Resources crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Choosing not to use our natural resources.
  2. Type of natural resource that renews itself continuously.
  3. When animals die, they release this into the soil.
  4. They anchor the plant into the ground.
  5. A tree is a woody plant that can grow to be _________ feet or higher (Spelled).
  6. An example of a renewable resource.
  7. Example of a non-renewable resource.
  8. Animals give off this for plants to live.
  9. An example of a non-exhaustible resource.
  10. Carries food from the roots up to the rest of the plant.
  11. Trees that drop their leaves in the fall.
  12. Limited resources that cannot be replaced.
  13. Plants produce this. Needed for humans to breathe.
  14. Top part of the tree.
  15. Example of a deciduous tree (produces acorns).
  16. Carries food from the leaves down to the rest of the plant.
Down
  1. Produces Oxygen. Contains chlorophyll.
  2. Idea that all natural resources depend on each other.
  3. Trees that have cones, needles, and keep their leaves throughout winter.
  4. Natural resources that can last forever.
  5. Objects, materials, creatures, or energy that are found in nature and can be used by humans.
  6. Science of developing, caring for, or cultivating a tree covered environment.
  7. Growing part of the trunk.
  8. As the population increases, natural resource use will ___________
  9. Natural resource that reproduces itself.
  10. _________ rings = good growing season.
  11. Example of preservation: Viewing trees for their ________ rather than using them for paper or bulding material.
  12. Central supporting pillar of the tree.
  13. Example of conservation
  14. Protects the tree from the outside.
  15. _________ rings = poor growing season.
  16. The wise use of our natural resources.

32 Clues: Top part of the tree. • Example of conservation • Growing part of the trunk. • An example of a renewable resource. • Protects the tree from the outside. • Example of a non-renewable resource. • Produces Oxygen. Contains chlorophyll. • They anchor the plant into the ground. • _________ rings = good growing season. • Central supporting pillar of the tree. • ...

5.2 Energy Resources Vocabulary 2022-01-27

5.2 Energy Resources Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance
  2. a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced (nonrenewable) by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption.
  3. a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to consumption Example: oil, natural gas and coal
  4. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
  5. the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas
  6. make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)
  7. the amount of a substance which can be extracted from the earth with current technology at current prices. Typically much smaller than the resource.
  8. any natural resource that can replenish itself naturally over time, such as wood or solar energy; also called renewable energy
Down
  1. energy generated in ways that do not deplete natural resources or harm the environment, especially by avoiding the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power
  2. a natural resource that can be replenished (renewable) by natural means such as solar, wind, geothermal, HEP
  3. HydroElectric Power; a form of energy generated by the conversion of free-falling water to electricity
  4. large strips of land are excavated in order to extract materials without subsurface tunneling
  5. can be used over and over, but must go through a process to prepare it for re-use
  6. an open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.
  7. a kind of air pollution, originally named for the mixture of smoke and fog in the air. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area and is caused by a mixture of smoke and sulfur dioxide. ... Smog is a problem in a number of cities and continues to harm human health.

15 Clues: make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) • can be used over and over, but must go through a process to prepare it for re-use • an open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting. • large strips of land are excavated in order to extract materials without subsurface tunneling • ...

Immigration 2024-11-14

Immigration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Migration--A series of shorter, less extreme migrations from a person's place of origin to final destination—such as moving from a farm, to a village, to a town, and finally to a city.
  2. A person who flees his or her native land to escape persecution or danger.
  3. The international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there.
  4. Migration--The temporary and usually repetitive movement of a migrant worker between home and host areas, typically for the purpose of employment.
  5. Migration--The movement of people from one defined area to another within a country.
  6. Displaced Person--Someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee.
  7. Migration--A process where relatives who have previously migrated to a new country sponsor family to migrate to the same country. It entails a tendency by foreigners from a certain city or region to migrate to the same areas as others from their city or region
  8. Legal permission to live in a country granted in special cases to people fleeing danger or persecution in the homelands.
Down
  1. The act of leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere.
  2. Migration--When a person or group of people immigrate to a country from another country.
  3. Migration--The involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region, resulting from a variety of external causes including natural disasters, violence, and persecution.
  4. Migration--Migration based on one's free will and initiative.

12 Clues: Migration--Migration based on one's free will and initiative. • A person who flees his or her native land to escape persecution or danger. • The act of leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere. • Migration--The movement of people from one defined area to another within a country. • ...

Vocabulary Unit 8 - Impact 2 - 8o ano 2023-12-01

Vocabulary Unit 8 - Impact 2 - 8o ano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hundreds of tons of snow fell without _________.
  2. I thought the force of the snow would destroy me, it was so powerful. But ______________, I felt the avalanche slow down.
  3. The dolphins knew that a shark was __________ the swimmers.
  4. something you don't expect will happen
  5. ________ can happen anywhere and at any time.
  6. But although they prepared very ___________ for the expedition, the weather was terrible.
Down
  1. There are many stories about brave dolphins who have tried to help humans when they are in ______________.
  2. an uncontrollable fire that destroys a wide area
  3. Jimmy nearly died after an avalanche _________ while he was skiing.
  4. Jimmy was very lucky to ___________ from the snow.
  5. Suddenly, I heard someone ____________. I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me.

11 Clues: something you don't expect will happen • ________ can happen anywhere and at any time. • Hundreds of tons of snow fell without _________. • an uncontrollable fire that destroys a wide area • Jimmy was very lucky to ___________ from the snow. • The dolphins knew that a shark was __________ the swimmers. • ...

Sectors of the Economy 2025-05-23

Sectors of the Economy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. its a bank
  2. production
  3. Flying mammal
  4. Has a trunk
  5. rock
  6. machines
  7. not public
  8. yellow
  9. works
  10. sector
  11. sectir
  12. enconmy happens here
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  1. Large marsupial
  2. vehicles
  3. sector
  4. natural materials
  5. people
  6. Man's best friend
  7. not private
  8. Likes to chase mice
  9. its a bakery
  10. natural
  11. items
  12. finance

24 Clues: rock • items • works • sector • people • yellow • sector • sectir • natural • finance • vehicles • machines • its a bank • production • not public • not private • Has a trunk • its a bakery • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • natural materials • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • enconmy happens here

The Puzzle 2017-04-04

The Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _______ is the process in which sediment of broken-down rocks is carried away by water. It is partially responsible for the smoothing of older rock formations.
  2. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface that becomes lava upon rising above the surface. Moves in large currents as well.
  3. “Survival of the fittest,” only the most capable animals will live and reproduce in their environment. Over time, this creates species perfectly suited to thrive in their environment.
  4. __________ _____ is the theory (now science) that the continents originally formed a supercontinent called Pangaea, but drifted apart 1-2 inches per year. It was originally theorized by Alfred Wegner in 1915.
  5. A seismically active island nation nicknamed the “Land of the Rising Sun”. It has the 38th highest population density, and a high standard of living.
  6. Violent, sudden motions of the Earth’s plates after binding and suddenly releasing when moving parallel to each other. Very devastating and hard to predict.
  7. The ____________ are very old, rounded mountains that exist in Eastern Canada. They are up to 1km tall in some cases.
  8. The _______ _________ is home to iconic mountain ranges such as the Rockies or Coastal mountains. Its 3km peaks are very appealing to winter athletes or adventure-seekers. Home to the ferocious grizzly bear.
  9. _______ serve as a window to history, in the form of petrified animals that have been preserved for many millions of years. They are also the only reason life has been traced back to its origins.
  10. The largest and oldest landform region in Canada, with the more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Hunting and fishing are very popular in this landform region.
  11. Large expanses of glacial ice that are on land and span more than 50000 square kilometers. Only two exist in Antarctica and Greenland.
  12. These barren, rugged landscapes receive less than 250mm of rainfall annually. Despite the dry conditions, when large a large amount of rain falls, flash flooding occurs.
Down
  1. Large currents of magma whose movement is caused by heating and cooling. The cause of plate tectonics.
  2. As the interactions between large landmasses, _____ __________ are responsible for many natural features such as mountains, volcanoes, or natural disasters like earthquakes. Driven by currents of molten rock.
  3. Often called the “Age of Mammals”, and it began with the demise of dinosaurs. During this period, the Rockies were created, and so was this crossword.
  4. This mountain range is home to some of the tallest mountains in the world, with peaks as tall as 8km and growing! The _________ are also on the border of Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.
  5. A _________ interaction between two organisms occurs when both benefit. An example would be bees and flowers, as the flowers are pollinated, and the bees also make honey from the pollen.
  6. Sometimes called Big Sky Country because of its large expanses of flat land, or the Bread Basket of Canada because of its popular farming industry. Parts or all of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta are in it.
  7. Responsible for the breaking-down and abrasion of rocks and minerals, ____________ is a very destructive process. It is caused by Earth’s atmosphere and precipitation such as rain, hail or sleet.
  8. Volcanically and seismically active belt encircling the Pacific Ocean. Caused by the large Pacific plate and its bordering plates.
  9. The adaption or optimization of an organism and its behaviors to its environment. Caused by natural selection, which only allows the most capable organisms to survive and reproduce.
  10. The ____ _____ is the cycle which transforms rocks into various forms; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. It does this through melting, heating, cooling, pressure, cementation, compaction, weathering and erosion.
  11. _______ rocks are formed by the cooling of molten rock, under or above the crust. Examples include; granite, pumice and obsidian.
  12. _________ were varied reptiles from the Mesozoic era who were ended by an asteroid impact. They are also the ancient ancestors of birds.
  13. _________ are natural features of the environment whose borders are decided upon by nature and can be seen, unlike most political borders. They can also be extremely variable, from mountains to lowlands.

25 Clues: Large currents of magma whose movement is caused by heating and cooling. The cause of plate tectonics. • Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface that becomes lava upon rising above the surface. Moves in large currents as well. • The ____________ are very old, rounded mountains that exist in Eastern Canada. They are up to 1km tall in some cases. • ...

world at risk 2015-03-30

world at risk crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect, but enhanced due to human activity.
  2. Boundary Oceanic and Continental plates move together, Oceanic plate (denser plate) is submerged under the lighter Continental plate. Friction causes the melting of the oceanic plate and may trigger earthquakes. Magma rises up through cracks and erupts onto the surface.
  3. Chamber A reservoir of magma within the earth’s crust beneath a volcano
  4. Cycles Cyclical movement related to the Earth’s orbit around the sun. – Eccentricity, axial tilt, precession.
  5. Flows A dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing at great speed.
  6. Emissions The gas and ash going into the atmosphere.
  7. Effect Trapping of the suns warmth in a planets lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface.
  8. A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
  9. Line The line or altitude above which no trees grow.
  10. Refugees People who have to leave their country due to a natural disaster that has affected their quality of life.
  11. Vulnerability A measure of the extent a community, structure, service or area is likely to be damaged or disrupted, on account of its nature or location, by the impact of a particular disaster hazard.
  12. The action of reducing the impact of disasters.
  13. A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing point throughout the year.
  14. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – assesses climate change and its environmental and socio-economic impacts.
  15. A term given to the very large Asian river deltas. E.g. Ganges, Yangtze.
  16. The process of change where a person becomes adapted (better suited) to their environment.
  17. containing salt – solution of salt in water.
Down
  1. A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life.
  2. The study of the evolution and configuration of landforms.
  3. The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles.
  4. Sinks Forest/Ocean/Natural Environment used to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
  5. Forest Within the Taiga biome. Vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing, needle-leaved, or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in regions that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.
  6. An expected or supposed situation or sequence of events.
  7. Populations A population (a group) whose circumstances present barriers to obtaining or understanding information or to access resources offered before, during and after a disaster event.
  8. Process at convergent boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced below another plate and sinks into the mantle.
  9. Something becoming more and more rapid.
  10. Offsetting The counteracting of carbon dioxide emissions with an equivalent reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  11. Atlantic Drift The warm ocean current flowing northeast, under the influence of prevailing winds, from the Gulf of Mexico towards NW Europe and warming its climate. – AKA Gulf Stream.
  12. Circulation The movement of seawater in a pattern of flow dependent on variations in temperature, which give rise to changes in salt content and hence in density.
  13. Credits A permit which allows a country or organization to produce a certain amount of carbon emissions and which can be traded if the full allowance is not used.
  14. Hazard A naturally occurring event that might have a negative effect on people or the environment. – can be caused by rapid or slow onset events which can be geophysical, hydrological, climatological, meteorological, and biological.
  15. Relating to the structure of the earth’s crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it.
  16. Conveyor Belt Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity (salt). It moves water around the globe.
  17. Ice-Albedo Feedback A positive feedback climate process where a change in the area of snow-covered land, ice caps, glaciers or sea ice alters the albedo.
  18. Hazards Where multiple hazards occur, which may be due to one hazard triggering another.
  19. Point A small influence or development produces a sudden large or irreversible change. – We reach a stage where we cannot go back.
  20. A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
  21. Sea Core Samples An intact sample of sediment extracted from the ocean floor by drilling with a long hollow tube
  22. Main outlet for magma and volcanic material to escape.

39 Clues: Something becoming more and more rapid. • containing salt – solution of salt in water. • The action of reducing the impact of disasters. • A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. • Emissions The gas and ash going into the atmosphere. • Line The line or altitude above which no trees grow. • Main outlet for magma and volcanic material to escape. • ...

Unit 9 crossword 2015-04-30

Unit 9 crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nonrenewable resource that comes from dead plants and animals
  2. process by which land become like a desert.
  3. body of water formed behind a dam.
  4. growth of urban areas.
  5. drinking water.
  6. quality measuring how clean the air is.
  7. resource natural resource that can be renewed.
  8. resource natural material used by humans.
Down
  1. removal of trees
  2. waste added to water
  3. saving natural resources.
  4. resource natural resource that humans use to generate energy.

12 Clues: drinking water. • removal of trees • waste added to water • growth of urban areas. • saving natural resources. • body of water formed behind a dam. • quality measuring how clean the air is. • resource natural material used by humans. • process by which land become like a desert. • resource natural resource that can be renewed. • ...

Extreme Weather 2025-11-02

Extreme Weather crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cancelled – When planes cannot leave the airport because of bad weather.
  2. A bright flash of electricity in the sky during a storm.
  3. To leave a place quickly because it’s not safe.
  4. outage – When the lights and electricity stop working.
  5. The amount of rain that falls in a certain time.
  6. A very strong wind and rain storm that forms over the ocean.
Down
  1. A safe place where people can stay and be protected from danger, bad weather, or disasters.
  2. jams – When many cars are on the road and they can’t move.
  3. Things that are broken or destroyed after a storm or accident.
  4. When too much rain makes rivers or streets full of water.

10 Clues: To leave a place quickly because it’s not safe. • The amount of rain that falls in a certain time. • outage – When the lights and electricity stop working. • A bright flash of electricity in the sky during a storm. • When too much rain makes rivers or streets full of water. • jams – When many cars are on the road and they can’t move. • ...

Exodus 2025-02-19

Exodus crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Disasters sent by God to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites.
  2. A leader who guided the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
  3. The ruler of Egypt who refused to release the Israelites from slavery.
  4. A portable place of worship built by the Israelites in the desert.
Down
  1. A Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelites' escape from Egypt.
  2. The country where the Israelites were enslaved before being led to freedom.
  3. Food miraculously provided by God to sustain the Israelites in the desert.
  4. Moses' brother, who served as a spokesperson and priest.
  5. Sea A body of water that miraculously parted to allow the Israelites to escape.
  6. Commandments A set of moral principles given by God to the Israelites.

10 Clues: Moses' brother, who served as a spokesperson and priest. • A leader who guided the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. • A Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelites' escape from Egypt. • A portable place of worship built by the Israelites in the desert. • Disasters sent by God to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites. • ...

UNIT 8 VOCABULARY 2022-04-05

UNIT 8 VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A phrase that describes natural selection. Fit as opposed to unfit
  2. The evolution of a new species
  3. Natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population
  4. Human select useful variations or traits they desire in organisms
  5. The change in allelic frequencies caused by a chance event
  6. When members of a population can no longer mate and produce fertile offspring
  7. When species that were once similar to an ancestral species diverge
  8. Natural selection that favors either extreme of a traits variation
  9. A population in which the frequency of alleles remains the same
  10. Gradual change in a species through adaptations over time.
  11. Physical evidence of an organism that lived long ago that scientist use to study the past.
  12. The traits that help an organism survive in a particular environment are “selected’ in natural selection
Down
  1. A structure in present-day organisms that no longer serve a purpose
  2. Natural selection that favors one of the extreme variations of a trait
  3. Provide evidence of evolution from a common ancestor, arm of human and wing of a bat are examples.
  4. Speciation occurs rather quickly and in rapid bursts
  5. All of the alleles of a population’s genes
  6. When a physical barrier separates a population
  7. Structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function.
  8. When distantly related organisms evolve similar traits
  9. The idea that species originate through a gradual change in adaptations
  10. Well supported explanation of phenomena that has occurred in the natural world

22 Clues: The evolution of a new species • All of the alleles of a population’s genes • When a physical barrier separates a population • Speciation occurs rather quickly and in rapid bursts • When distantly related organisms evolve similar traits • The change in allelic frequencies caused by a chance event • Gradual change in a species through adaptations over time. • ...

Environmental Studies 2024-10-10

Environmental Studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The process of converting waste into reusable materials.
  2. - The planting of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover.
  3. - The large-scale removal of trees from an area.
  4. - Capable of being broken down by natural processes.
  5. - A type of air pollution that reduces visibility and harms health.
  6. - The variety of life forms within a given habitat or ecosystem.
  7. - The natural environment where a plant or animal lives.
  8. - Decayed organic material used as a natural fertilizer for plants.
  9. Fuels - Nonrenewable energy sources like coal, oil, and natural gas.
  10. - Animals living in their natural habitat, not domesticated by humans.
  11. Warming - The gradual increase in Earth's average surface temperature.
  12. - The process by which soil and rock are worn away by natural forces like wind or water.
  13. - The responsible management and protection of natural resources.
  14. Layer - The protective layer in the atmosphere that absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation.
  15. Rain - Precipitation with high levels of acidic components, harmful to the environment.
  16. - An area of land saturated with water, important for wildlife and water purification.
  17. - The depletion of fish stocks due to excessive fishing.
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  1. Effect - The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases.
  2. - The long-term average weather patterns in a specific area.
  3. - Farming or food production without synthetic chemicals or genetically modified organisms.
  4. - The process by which fertile land becomes desert, often due to drought or deforestation.
  5. - A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.
  6. Footprint - The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by an individual or organization.
  7. Energy - Energy derived from resources that can be replenished naturally.
  8. - Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations.
  9. Species - Animals or plants at risk of extinction.
  10. - The presence of harmful substances in the environment.
  11. - The study of interactions between living organisms and their environment.
  12. - Energy sources that can be replenished, like solar and wind power.
  13. Waste - A philosophy of reducing waste and reusing all products and materials.

30 Clues: - The large-scale removal of trees from an area. • Species - Animals or plants at risk of extinction. • - Capable of being broken down by natural processes. • - The natural environment where a plant or animal lives. • - The presence of harmful substances in the environment. • - The depletion of fish stocks due to excessive fishing. • ...

Ch. 2 SS 2025-05-28

Ch. 2 SS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of resource based on people's skills and talents
  2. To bring goods in from another country
  3. Abilities people use to perform tasks and jobs
  4. resources like scissors or hammers
  5. A natural resource used by farmers to grow crops
  6. A person who uses scissors to provide a service
  7. User of a good or service
  8. To send goods out to another country
  9. Advances that change how people make and use goods
  10. Describes goods made near where they are sold
  11. Natural resource used to make furniture
  12. items you can see, like pencils and cars
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  1. Human-made items used to produce other goods or services
  2. Things used to produce goods and services
  3. Maker of goods or provider of services
  4. A capital resource used for transporting goods
  5. Resources found in nature, like trees or water
  6. Item early settlers made from natural resources
  7. Fuel used by school buses and other vehicles
  8. work people do such as fixing a car

20 Clues: User of a good or service • resources like scissors or hammers • work people do such as fixing a car • To send goods out to another country • To bring goods in from another country • Maker of goods or provider of services • Natural resource used to make furniture • items you can see, like pencils and cars • Things used to produce goods and services • ...

Vocabulary 2021-05-24

Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Luke
  2. Concert
  3. Measure
  4. Flat
  5. Sharp
  6. Note
  7. Clarinet
  8. Embouchure
  9. Marching
  10. Drum
  11. Frenchhorn
  12. Trumpet
  13. Sound
  14. Barline
  15. Band
  16. Natural
  17. Bass
  18. Loud
  19. Clef
Down
  1. Keysignature
  2. Saxophone
  3. Slur
  4. Baritone
  5. Music
  6. Piano
  7. Trombone
  8. Sheetmusic
  9. Timesignature
  10. Bells
  11. Guitar
  12. Flute
  13. Mouthpiece
  14. Forte

33 Clues: Luke • Slur • Flat • Note • Drum • Band • Bass • Loud • Clef • Sharp • Music • Piano • Bells • Flute • Sound • Forte • Guitar • Concert • Measure • Trumpet • Barline • Natural • Baritone • Trombone • Clarinet • Marching • Saxophone • Sheetmusic • Embouchure • Frenchhorn • Mouthpiece • Keysignature • Timesignature

Sectors of the Economy 2025-05-23

Sectors of the Economy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. its a bank
  2. production
  3. Flying mammal
  4. Has a trunk
  5. rock
  6. machines
  7. not public
  8. yellow
  9. works
  10. sector
  11. sectir
  12. enconmy happens here
Down
  1. Large marsupial
  2. vehicles
  3. sector
  4. natural materials
  5. people
  6. Man's best friend
  7. not private
  8. Likes to chase mice
  9. its a bakery
  10. natural
  11. items
  12. finance

24 Clues: rock • items • works • sector • people • yellow • sector • sectir • natural • finance • vehicles • machines • its a bank • production • not public • not private • Has a trunk • its a bakery • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • natural materials • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • enconmy happens here

Natural science - Term 1 2018-03-09

Natural science - Term 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vitamins help build strong _____ and teeth.
  2. Make food more nutritious.
  3. Form of Processing.
  4. Bacteria in your mouth make ______ cause tooth decay.
  5. Fast food is usually highly_________.
  6. Plants use _______ to make air.
  7. Too much salt.
  8. Helps to balance sugar levels.
  9. Add this to food to make it better.
  10. Carbohydrates gives us____.
  11. Putting it in brine.
  12. Cheese needs ______ to be cheese.
Down
  1. Process plant take to make food.
  2. Makes my milk go sour.
  3. Repair and growth.
  4. A Well known preservative.
  5. Hlps to keep my digestive system clean.
  6. Given to low protein sufferer.
  7. Junk food is high in _____.
  8. Fats and oils keep in heat.
  9. A simple form of sugar
  10. Reason for food processing.
  11. Waste product of plants.
  12. Strong flovourant.

24 Clues: Too much salt. • Repair and growth. • Strong flovourant. • Form of Processing. • Putting it in brine. • Makes my milk go sour. • A simple form of sugar • Waste product of plants. • A Well known preservative. • Make food more nutritious. • Junk food is high in _____. • Fats and oils keep in heat. • Reason for food processing. • Carbohydrates gives us____. • Given to low protein sufferer. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2020-12-23

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. structure similar structures that evolved independently in two living organisms to serve the same purpose
  2. isolation a mechanism that prevents species from mating because they breed at different times
  3. a unit of hereditary which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristics of the offspring
  4. structure an anatomical feature or behavior that no longer seems to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species
  5. the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
  6. isolation mating is prevented because of the separation of species resulting from the difference in their habitat
  7. the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment
  8. selection the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals
  9. isolation a form of reproductive isolation that prevents two different species from interbreeding with one another
  10. selection the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
Down
  1. of the fittest organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing
  2. structure an example of an organ or bone with similar underlying anatomical features found in different animals
  3. the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds usually in a species
  4. the capability to perform a function based on its suitability
  5. the changing of the structure of a gene resulting in a variant form
  6. isolation a population of animals plants for other organisms that are separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species
  7. isolation a type of reproductive isolation
  8. divergence the process in which two or more populations of ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes through time
  9. drift variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population
  10. change inheritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
  11. the preserved remains or traces of remains of ancient organisms

21 Clues: isolation a type of reproductive isolation • the capability to perform a function based on its suitability • the preserved remains or traces of remains of ancient organisms • the changing of the structure of a gene resulting in a variant form • the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2020-12-23

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a unit of hereditary which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristics of the offspring
  2. a type of reproductive isolation
  3. change inheritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
  4. the capability to perform a function based on its suitability
  5. a form of reproductive isolation that prevents two different species from interbreeding with one another
  6. mating is prevented because of the separation of species resulting from the difference in their habitat
  7. the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
  8. organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing
Down
  1. a population of animals plants for other organisms that are separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species
  2. the process in which two or more populations of ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes through time
  3. an example of an organ or bone with similar underlying anatomical features found in different animals
  4. a mechanism that prevents species from mating because they breed at different times
  5. the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds usually in a species
  6. the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals
  7. the changing of the structure of a gene resulting in a variant form
  8. the preserved remains or traces of remains of ancient organisms
  9. an anatomical feature or behavior that no longer seems to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species
  10. similar structures that evolved independently in two living organisms to serve the same purpose
  11. the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment
  12. the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
  13. variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population

21 Clues: a type of reproductive isolation • the capability to perform a function based on its suitability • the preserved remains or traces of remains of ancient organisms • the changing of the structure of a gene resulting in a variant form • the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution • ...

Animals and Natural Features 2021-05-17

Animals and Natural Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a very big tropical forest
  2. an animal often kept at farms, it can carry heavy loads or pull carts
  3. a hole in the side of a mountain, you can go in, there are bats and stalacmites
  4. a big fish with sharp teeth, it eats other fish and can even attack people
  5. a very large body of salty water, there are four in the world
  6. a place where you go in summer, there's a lot of sand
  7. a very small mountain
  8. an animal often kept at farms, you can ride it or use it to pull carts
  9. an animal we often keep as a pet. It eats mice.
  10. a small animal that can live in your house, it likes cheese
  11. a very big strong monkey
  12. a long body of fresh water, it's always flowing
  13. a very large, very intelligent animal, it has a trunk. It lives in India and Africa
  14. an animal that is used to carry heavy loads in South America
  15. a very tall place on Earth, rises high up in the air, you go skiing there
  16. a large area covered in sand, there are big sand dunes, it's very hot there
Down
  1. a very intelligent monkey, it doesn't have a tail
  2. when a river cuts through the mountain it forms a _______
  3. a flat expanse of land between hills and mountains
  4. also known as the killer whale, it lives in the sea, it's black and white
  5. a mountain that has lava coming out of it
  6. the place where the land meets the sea, it's not always sandy
  7. an animal we often keep as a pet. It barks.
  8. it's full of trees
  9. a cold-blooded animal, it doesn't have legs or arms, it slithers and hisses
  10. a mammal that lives in the water, it's very intelligent
  11. an animal that is used to carry heavy loads across the desert
  12. a big mouse
  13. a relatively small piece of land surrounded by water
  14. a large body of salty water
  15. the biggest mammal on Earth is the blue ______
  16. a cold-blooded animal, it has arms and legs, it likes to stay in the sun, it can regrow its tail

32 Clues: a big mouse • it's full of trees • a very small mountain • a very big strong monkey • a very big tropical forest • a large body of salty water • a mountain that has lava coming out of it • an animal we often keep as a pet. It barks. • the biggest mammal on Earth is the blue ______ • an animal we often keep as a pet. It eats mice. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-31

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance
  2. When an organism changes to fit in better in a certain environment.
  3. Shows the cladistic relationship between a number of species
  4. Refers to genetic drift resulting from drastic reduction in population size
  5. When a population may gain or lose alleles when fertile individuals move into or out of a population or when gametes are transferred between populations
  6. When bone/organ structures are similar due to common ancestry. Very good evidence to support evolutionary relationships
  7. Occurs when descendants of a single ancestor diversify into species that each fit different parts of the environment
  8. Provides evidence that life on Earth has changed over time
  9. A change in characteristics of a speciation over several generations
  10. Different versions of the same genes
Down
  1. When a population has to adapt or change to fit into a certain population
  2. The movement of genes in and out of a population
  3. A branching diagram that show evolutionary relationships among various biological species based upon similarities and differences in their physical and genetic characteristics
  4. When organisms seem outwardly similar due to adapting to similar environments. Not good evidence to support evolutionary relationships
  5. Occurs when different species evolve similar traits, essentially resulting in unrelated species becoming more similar as they adapt to similar environments
  6. Genetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population
  7. Organisms with similar bone structures are thought to have shared a more recent common ancestor
  8. The change in two or more species in close association with each other.
  9. Structures that no longer serve their original purpose but are still present. Are often homologous to structures still present/working in other organisms. Evidence for evolution
  10. A classification of plants and animals according to the proportion or measurable characteristics that they have in common
  11. Provides the most reliable evidence for inferring evolutionary relationships and how closely two organisms may be related to one another

21 Clues: Different versions of the same genes • The movement of genes in and out of a population • A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance • Provides evidence that life on Earth has changed over time • Shows the cladistic relationship between a number of species • When an organism changes to fit in better in a certain environment. • ...

Crossword of Natural Selection 2022-04-04

Crossword of Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The animal that has 26 types of different species in the Galapagos islands.
  2. The famous book from Charles Darwin.
  3. The islands that contributed to the development of Darwin's theory of evolution.
  4. The indefinite continued process of existence.
  5. The country where Charles Darwin is from
  6. The production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.
  7. A genetic difference in DNA among individuals.
  8. the gradual development of something or an organism.
  9. The famous phrase of Charles Darwin from his book.
  10. The creator of the Natural Selection theory.
Down
  1. A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.
  2. The 5 year voyage that took place in all the world.
  3. The product or result of something.
  4. The evolution of an organism to be better adapted to their environments.
  5. An expert in or student of natural history.
  6. the intentional breeding of plants or animals to a specific trait.
  7. A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
  8. A living thing.
  9. The process in which organisms better adapted to their environments tend to survive.
  10. A place where organisms live.

20 Clues: A living thing. • A place where organisms live. • The product or result of something. • The famous book from Charles Darwin. • The country where Charles Darwin is from • An expert in or student of natural history. • The creator of the Natural Selection theory. • The indefinite continued process of existence. • A genetic difference in DNA among individuals. • ...

Crossword of Natural Selection 2022-04-04

Crossword of Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The animal that has 26 types of different species in the Galapagos islands.
  2. The famous book from Charles Darwin.
  3. The islands that contributed to the development of Darwin's theory of evolution.
  4. The indefinite continued process of existence.
  5. The country where Charles Darwin is from
  6. The production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.
  7. A genetic difference in DNA among individuals.
  8. the gradual development of something or an organism.
  9. The famous phrase of Charles Darwin from his book.
  10. The creator of the Natural Selection theory.
Down
  1. A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.
  2. The 5 year voyage that took place in all the world.
  3. The product or result of something.
  4. The evolution of an organism to be better adapted to their environments.
  5. An expert in or student of natural history.
  6. the intentional breeding of plants or animals to a specific trait.
  7. A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
  8. A living thing.
  9. The process in which organisms better adapted to their environments tend to survive.
  10. A place where organisms live.

20 Clues: A living thing. • A place where organisms live. • The product or result of something. • The famous book from Charles Darwin. • The country where Charles Darwin is from • An expert in or student of natural history. • The creator of the Natural Selection theory. • The indefinite continued process of existence. • A genetic difference in DNA among individuals. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-11

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. reduction in genetic variation
  2. natural selection
  3. variation in relative genotypes
  4. process of change
  5. Form of a gene
  6. basic unit of heredity
  7. quality or characteristic
  8. has nucleus
  9. evolutionary process
  10. no longer exist
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  1. no nucleus
  2. sharp reduction in population
  3. skin color, hair color, etc.
  4. movement of gene
  5. not affected by something
  6. Survival of the fittest
  7. type of asexual reproduction
  8. study of embryo
  9. single celled
  10. change of a species

20 Clues: no nucleus • has nucleus • single celled • Form of a gene • study of embryo • no longer exist • movement of gene • natural selection • process of change • change of a species • evolutionary process • basic unit of heredity • Survival of the fittest • not affected by something • quality or characteristic • skin color, hair color, etc. • type of asexual reproduction • sharp reduction in population • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2022-03-14

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. can lead to analogous structures
  2. when a few individuals from a larger group get isolated
  3. physical features that change so they can best survive in the environment
  4. a change in two or more species that are close associations
  5. most reliable evidence for showing evolutionary relationships
  6. can lead to homologous structures
  7. the most successful of surviving and reproducing in their environment
  8. a drastic reduction in the population size
  9. has a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
Down
  1. bone and organ structure are similar
  2. a change in a population's gene pool due to chance
  3. mitosis
  4. structures that are still present but don't serve a purpose anymore
  5. evidence that life on earth has changed over time
  6. has no nucleus
  7. medicines don't work to kill off all the bacteria
  8. meiosis
  9. different bone structure but similar shapes
  10. how a species acts or responses to situations for their survival
  11. a new species forms because of evolution
  12. there is no more of the species alive

21 Clues: mitosis • meiosis • has no nucleus • can lead to analogous structures • can lead to homologous structures • bone and organ structure are similar • there is no more of the species alive • a new species forms because of evolution • a drastic reduction in the population size • different bone structure but similar shapes • evidence that life on earth has changed over time • ...

History of Natural Diseases 2022-04-28

History of Natural Diseases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an individual that gets routine blood work to measure fasting glucose levels to detect previously undiagnosed cases of diabetes, is a form of _____ prevention
  2. when you are fully recovered and the pathogen is either killed off or in remission
  3. activities to identify cases early, during the subclinical disease stage
  4. when you are usually feeling better and moving around again
  5. an individual changing their diet or physical activity levels can be considered ____ prevention
  6. at the population level, ____ prevention could include installing bike paths and lights to remove a barrier to having a safe place for individuals to exercise
  7. when your symptoms are the worst
  8. this stage marks the end stage of the disease
  9. point when you would most easily be able to be diagnosed by a doctor
  10. For example, the stage of subclinical disease is part of the model for which natural history of disease
  11. time period of increasing more symptoms/illness
Down
  1. the individual is not sick during this stage, however there may be a number of factors that increase the likelihood the disease can occur
  2. activities to help divert cases away from death or disability or towards management or recovery
  3. when the individual is exposed to and infected by the virus, for example
  4. when your symptoms are declining
  5. at a population level _____ prevention could be workplaces implementing screening programs to ensure all their employees get screened yearly for early signs of diabetes
  6. includes community-based programs to support individuals with diabetes to better manage their disease
  7. period of time from the point of infection to the first symptom
  8. the beginning of this stage is marked by the onset of symptoms
  9. activities designed to prevent diseases during the stage of susceptibility
  10. if an individual is experiencing the hardening and narrowing of arteries, but not to the extent it has resulted in symptoms, they would be in the stage of
  11. a disease process has begun but the individual is not aware of it yet
  12. the term equivalent to the incubation period of infectious disease, but for chronic diseases like diabetes or cancer
  13. a common individual level of _____ prevention, would be activities to promote disease management including lifestyle interventions and adhering to medicine protocol
  14. point of first symptom

25 Clues: point of first symptom • when your symptoms are declining • when your symptoms are the worst • this stage marks the end stage of the disease • time period of increasing more symptoms/illness • when you are usually feeling better and moving around again • the beginning of this stage is marked by the onset of symptoms • ...

Natural Selection and Adaptation 2022-11-22

Natural Selection and Adaptation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Web Map of all the food chains
  2. Representation of a food chain with trophic levels going from most energy on bottom to least on top
  3. Position in food chain/pyramid
  4. an example of an organism going through natural selection
  5. A modification to an organism that allows it to better “fit” an environment.
  6. The success in living and reproducing in an environment
  7. Eats only meat
  8. The cause of the trees changing color
  9. The process by which organisms develop genetic changes due to fitting into their environment’s long term changes
  10. The process by which only certain organisms with certain traits survive and reproduce
Down
  1. An organism that makes its own food
  2. Eats both meat and plants
  3. Animals moving to another area for survival
  4. An organism that relies on dead material for energy
  5. The percent passed onto each trophic level
  6. Chain The order of organisms consuming each other in an ecosystem
  7. Type of adaptation focused on an organism's actions
  8. Type of adaptation that is internal and has to do with inside of the body
  9. Eats only plants
  10. Type of adaptation that is external or on the outside of the body
  11. An organism that relies on other organisms for food

21 Clues: Eats only meat • Eats only plants • Eats both meat and plants • Web Map of all the food chains • Position in food chain/pyramid • An organism that makes its own food • The cause of the trees changing color • The percent passed onto each trophic level • Animals moving to another area for survival • An organism that relies on dead material for energy • ...

isaac g natural resourses 2022-11-10

isaac g natural resourses crossword puzzle
Across
  1. something that's overpopulated and harming the environment
  2. when something benefits off another and they dont benefit at all with no harm
  3. a source of pollutionthe is spread among environmental elements
  4. a habitat after a major event
  5. a living or once-living organism
  6. an area where all organisms live together
  7. when two different species work together
  8. the world wide sum of all ecosystems
  9. an identifiable source of pollution
  10. a web of connections showing what things eat
  11. something that takes without giving back
Down
  1. when land is created or exposed for the first time
  2. when an animal benefits from the expense of the other
  3. when things adapt to the environment
  4. the barrier of gasses around the earth
  5. when things live together
  6. the number of things living in an area
  7. a non-living organism
  8. the study of relationships between living organisms
  9. something that gives food

20 Clues: a non-living organism • when things live together • something that gives food • a habitat after a major event • a living or once-living organism • an identifiable source of pollution • when things adapt to the environment • the world wide sum of all ecosystems • the barrier of gasses around the earth • the number of things living in an area • ...

Natural Hazards Y11 Revision 2021-05-05

Natural Hazards Y11 Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When soil becomes full of water (9)
  2. The name of three orbital cycles that help explain a natural cause of climate change (12)
  3. This type of pressure results in fine weather with few clouds and is found at 30 N and 30 S (4)
  4. A natural cause of climate change on an 11 year cycle (8)
  5. This causes the movement of tectonic plates (10,7)
  6. The probability (chance) of a hazard occurring and causing harm (4)
  7. Action taken to reduce the long term risk of natural hazards e.g. countries agreeing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (9)
  8. This is the process that causes teh trade winds to curve and is formed due to the roatation of the Earth (8,6)
  9. A type of plate boundary where two plates move towards each other (11)
  10. Actions taken to adjust to the impacts of climate change (10)
  11. A county in England that suffered severe flooding in 2014 (8)
  12. The distance from the equator (8)
  13. Heat from the Earth (10)
  14. When gas turns into a liquid as it cools down. This is important in the formation of clouds (12)
Down
  1. A consequence of climate change that is caused by melting ice and thermal expansion (3,5,4)
  2. Exactly the same as a hurricane, but their name is different in Japan and the Philippines
  3. A scale used to show the magnitude (how big) an earthquake is (7)
  4. The size of something (usually in terms of earthquakes) (8)
  5. Another name for storm clouds (12)
  6. A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other (12)
  7. A type of Earth's crust that is made of basalt, is thin but dense and found underneath the oceans (7)
  8. A type of plate boundary where two plates move past each other (12)
  9. A greenhouse gas that is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (7)
  10. Another word for an ice age (7)
  11. The ring of towering clouds around the edge of the eye (3,4)
  12. Another name for assessing tree rings to look at past climate (16)
  13. The past 2.5 million years of geological time (10)
  14. Very strong wind system formed from a lower pressure storm over a warm ocean (9)

28 Clues: Heat from the Earth (10) • Another word for an ice age (7) • The distance from the equator (8) • Another name for storm clouds (12) • When soil becomes full of water (9) • This causes the movement of tectonic plates (10,7) • The past 2.5 million years of geological time (10) • A natural cause of climate change on an 11 year cycle (8) • ...

evolution and natural selection 2023-12-04

evolution and natural selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success
  2. the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.
  3. features of an organism that are considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution.
  4. provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
  5. particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.
  6. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
  7. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  8. all organisms are related to one another
  9. the branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development.
  10. a substance used to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen, typically prepared from an inactivated or weakened form of the causative agent or from its constituents or products.
Down
  1. relating to the chemical processes and substances which occur within living organisms.
  2. evidence for evolution because it would show intermediate forms of a species and they changed and accumulated adaptations at a slow pace
  3. the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
  4. An agent that kills a virus or that suppresses its ability to replicate and, hence, inhibits its capability to multiply and reproduce.
  5. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
  6. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
  7. proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body.
  8. the immunity which results from the production of antibodies by the immune system in response to the presence of an antigen.
  9. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  10. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

20 Clues: all organisms are related to one another • the genetic constitution of an individual organism. • the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution. • proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body. • particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country. • ...

evolution by natural selection 2024-01-24

evolution by natural selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (2 words-MF) These individuals allow them to acquire more resources & produce more offspring.
  2. Any evolved trait that helps an organism be more suited to its environment
  3. Per evolution by NS, populations evolve leading to descent with what?
  4. (4 words- GRoI) The overproduction potential of a species
  5. These birds from the Galapagos Islands had variation in their beaks due to Natural Selection.
  6. (2nd component) Applies to survival & reproduction where some survive longer & have more offspring than others, therefore competition
  7. This type of finch beak is suited for eating large seeds.
  8. (1st component) More offspring in each generation than those who survive & reproduce
  9. Natural selection occurs when certain individuals of a population have ______ that allows them to survive & reproduce to a greater extent than do others.
  10. Per evolution by NS, what happens to less favorable traits?
  11. (3 words- DRS) Ability to have MORE offspring
  12. Natural selection is simply a what to evolution?
  13. This type of finch consumes insects.
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  1. (4 words SotF) Evolution by natural selection applies this concept.
  2. (3rd component) Applies to heredity, where organisms have this; offspring tend to resemble parents
  3. (4th component) Applies to survival & reproduction
  4. (NOT physical) Survival + Reproduction = Evolutionary what?
  5. This type of evolution (caused by adaptations): UNrelated organisms living in an environment show similar characteristics
  6. (2 words) This type of finch adapts to each weather swing as their beak depth is impacted by dry & wet years.
  7. (2 words) the ONLY process that results in adaptation to the environment.
  8. This type of finch beak that is also decurved & has a split tongue eats flesh of cactus fruit.
  9. Reproductive success of an individual relative to other members of a population
  10. (DR) This type of reproduction from generation after generation causes adaptive traits to rise in frequency after each succeeding generation.

23 Clues: This type of finch consumes insects. • (3 words- DRS) Ability to have MORE offspring • Natural selection is simply a what to evolution? • (4th component) Applies to survival & reproduction • (4 words- GRoI) The overproduction potential of a species • This type of finch beak is suited for eating large seeds. • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-02-27

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. size of organisms and parts
  2. alternative forms of a gene
  3. prey selection
  4. deoxyribonucleic acid
  5. formation of new distinct species
  6. survival of the fittest
  7. wings of a bird
  8. an idea
  9. double stranded dna molecule
  10. disappearance of a species
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  1. development of a species
  2. explenation for an observation
  3. adjusting to new conditions
  4. difference between individuals of a species
  5. sequence of dna base pairs
  6. british scientist
  7. change over time
  8. a monophyletic group of organisms
  9. group of similar organisms
  10. a change in form or qualities

20 Clues: an idea • prey selection • wings of a bird • change over time • british scientist • deoxyribonucleic acid • survival of the fittest • development of a species • sequence of dna base pairs • group of similar organisms • disappearance of a species • size of organisms and parts • adjusting to new conditions • alternative forms of a gene • double stranded dna molecule • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-02-29

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
  2. the process of grouping things based on their similarities
  3. A technique used to determine which of two fossils is older
  4. inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
  5. step by step approach to identify an organism using a series of paired descriptions
  6. A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil
  7. A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name
  8. structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
  9. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
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  1. the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  2. diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related
  3. a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth's crust
  4. change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
  5. structures, parts of different organisms with similar functions but have different evolutionary origins
  6. an accidental change in a gene or chromosome that leads to a new trait
  7. organisms produce more offspring than can survive
  8. to change over time
  9. The scientist who first proposed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
  10. species gradually change to respond to changing environment. Survival of the species. The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than less fit members of the same species.
  11. type of reproductive isolation in which two populations are separated by geographic barriers like mountains or bodies of water

20 Clues: to change over time • organisms produce more offspring than can survive • A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil • the process of grouping things based on their similarities • A technique used to determine which of two fossils is older • the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past • ...

Geography natural hazards (Revision) 2019-10-16

Geography natural hazards (Revision) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hottest part of the earth
  2. the hot liquid material found near the centre of the earth
  3. section of the Earth’s crust about 100km thick
  4. molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface
  5. edges where two plates meet
  6. plates moving apart
  7. crust on land
  8. crust on ocean ground
  9. plates using together forming mountains
  10. in the mantle moves slowly in convection current
  11. a place near a magnet or an electric current where a field is created
  12. plates sliding past
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  1. plates pushing into each other
  2. brittle outer shell of the earth
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  4. volcanic regions
  5. supercontinent that included all current land masses
  6. process where an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy
  7. viscous semi-molten rocks, including convection current
  8. upper part of the mantle

20 Clues: crust on land • volcanic regions • plates moving apart • plates sliding past • crust on ocean ground • upper part of the mantle • edges where two plates meet • the hottest part of the earth • plates pushing into each other • brittle outer shell of the earth • molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface • plates using together forming mountains • ...

Natural Science Chapter One 2020-09-27

Natural Science Chapter One crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of Earth
  2. seeks to study Earth as a system composed of subsystems
  3. the study of the universe
  4. located between the continental margins and oceanic ridges
  5. contains horizontal sedimentary rocks
  6. known as a life-giving gaseous envelope
  7. a tentative (or untested) explanation
  8. the study atmosphere
  9. says bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous called the solar nebula.
  10. includes the geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere.
  11. connected mountain ranges
  12. dense inner sphere
  13. less dense than the core
  14. the span of time since the formation of Earth
  15. the steep continental slope that merges into a gradual incline
  16. it contains weak rocks
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  1. a dynamic mass of water
  2. the solid Earth beneath the atmosphere and ocean
  3. the interiors of continents
  4. the boundary between continents and the deep ocean basins
  5. the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle.
  6. it contains the continental shelf and islands.
  7. the light and very thin outer skin of Earth
  8. is the portion of the sea floor adjacent to major landmasses
  9. a broad, linear ridge or rise on the ocean floor.
  10. they are made of deformed igneous and metamorphic rocks
  11. the elevated status of a Hypothesis
  12. submerged volcanic structures
  13. a gently sloping platform
  14. contains all life on Earth
  15. plains regions that consist of flat features
  16. it is a group of interacting, or interdependent, parts that form a complex whole.
  17. the study of the ocean
  18. it includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy
  19. help to formulate a scientific hypotheses rand theories
  20. narrow represent a small fraction of the sea floor

36 Clues: the study of Earth • dense inner sphere • the study atmosphere • the study of the ocean • it contains weak rocks • a dynamic mass of water • less dense than the core • the study of the universe • a gently sloping platform • connected mountain ranges • contains all life on Earth • the interiors of continents • submerged volcanic structures • the elevated status of a Hypothesis • ...

Chapter 3 Natural Science 2020-10-08

Chapter 3 Natural Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a texture of metamorphic rocks that gives the rock a layered appearance.
  2. parallel layers in sedimentary rocks.
  3. relates to large-scale mountain-building processes.
  4. when material precipitates from water which causes open spaces to be filled. Particles join into a solid mass.
  5. texture that results from the consolidation of individual rock fragments which are ejected during a volcanic eruption.
  6. a sedimentary rock which is composed of lithified angular fragments.
  7. an igneous rock with porphyritic texture that has a large crystal embedded in a matrix of finer-grained crystals called the groundmass.
  8. metamorphic rocks that do not have a layered appearance.
  9. the most common sedimentary rock which consists of silt and clay-size particles.
  10. a fine grained igneous rock of magic composition
  11. a fine-grained rock igneous rock which is composed of light color silicates.
  12. when the crystals are roughly equal in size and large enough that individual minerals can be identified by the unaided eye.
  13. a sedimentary rock which is composed of small rounded particles.
  14. a coarse rock which is composed of loose shells and shell fragments.
  15. a type of lithification where the weight of overlying material compresses deeply buried sediment.
  16. used as a building material.
  17. a metamorphic rock which contains fine crystals of muscovite, chlorite, or both.
  18. igneous rock that forms when magma solidifies at Earth’s surface.
  19. the settling of early formed minerals during the crystallization of magma.
  20. indicates that a rock is formed from light color silicates.
  21. medium, to coarse, grained metamorphic rocks which granular and elongated minerals dominate.
  22. a fine-grained igneous rock which has a mafic composition.
  23. the process of forming more than one rock type from a single magma.
  24. changes in a rock caused by the heat from nearby magma.
  25. a fine-grained sedimentary rock which consists of silt-sizes grains mixed with clay-size grains.
  26. rock particles and dissolved substances which are created by the weathering of rocks.
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  1. sediment that is formed when material is dissolved in water. Shells are an example.
  2. igneous rock that forms when magma solidifies beneath Earth’s surface.
  3. indicates that a rock contains dark silicate minerals and calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar.
  4. a durable detrital sedimentary rock that consists of sand-size grains.
  5. the remains of organisms which are preserved from the geologic past.
  6. a sedimentary rock which consists of organic matter. Used as a fossil fuel.
  7. pressure that is applied in all directions
  8. the process by which a sediment converts into a rock.
  9. when crystals are too small for individual minerals to be distinguished with the unaided eye.
  10. a group of igneous rocks that contains 25 percent dark silicate minerals.
  11. a texture which consists of large crystals embedded in small crystals.
  12. a chemical sedimentary rock which is composed of calcite.
  13. igneous rocks that contain no crystals.
  14. a sedimentary rock formed by material deposited by evaporation of water.
  15. the size, shape, and distribution of the particles that form a rock.
  16. dissolved particles and minerals that are compacted into a rock through lithification.
  17. a hard, nonfoliated metamorphic rock which is formed from quartz sandstone.
  18. sedimentary rocks which are formed by erosion and organic activity.
  19. magma that reaches earth’s surface
  20. a dark-green to black intrusive igneous rock which is made up of dark silicates.
  21. formed from the accumulation of material that came from weathered rocks.
  22. a form of limestone which is deposited by hot springs or as a cave deposit.
  23. illustrates the relationships between magma and minerals crystallizing from it during the formation of igneous rocks.
  24. igneous rocks that contain small cavities called vesicles.
  25. the changes in mineral composition and texture of a rock which is exposed to high temperature and pressure within the Earth.
  26. a volcanic glass of felsic composition
  27. a body of molten rock that is formed deep inside the Earth. It also includes any dissolved gases and crystals.
  28. shortens a rock body.
  29. a fine-grained metamorphic rock which contains platy minerals and it has excellent rock cleavage.
  30. rocks formed by the alteration of preexisting rocks.
  31. molten rock that solidifies beneath or at the surface.
  32. a light color vesicular rock which has glassy texture.
  33. a nonfoliated metamorphic rock which is coarse and crystalline.
  34. medium, to coarse, grained metamorphic rocks which have a foliated texture.

60 Clues: shortens a rock body. • used as a building material. • magma that reaches earth’s surface • parallel layers in sedimentary rocks. • a volcanic glass of felsic composition • igneous rocks that contain no crystals. • pressure that is applied in all directions • a fine grained igneous rock of magic composition • relates to large-scale mountain-building processes. • ...

Quadro natural da América 2020-09-09

Quadro natural da América crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Maior bacia hidrográfica do Brasil.
  2. Um dos fatores que influenciam as variações climáticas.
  3. Monte considerado mais alto das Américas, com 6.960m.
  4. Vegetação predominante das áreas de clima mais frio.
  5. Formação vegetal de áreas bastante degradadas pela atuação agrícola.
  6. Pais onde se localiza os principais cursos d’água do continente.
  7. Um dos climas que predominam na América do Norte.
  8. Oceano que banho o norte do continente americano.
  9. Importante potencial onde as bacias hidrográficas favorecem a população.
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  1. Montanhas elevadas localizadas no norte do continente.
  2. Cordilheira mais alta do mundo.
  3. Oceano que banha o continente a oeste.
  4. Um dos mais perigosos vulcões do mundo localizados nos Estados Unidos.
  5. Vegetações características de climas subtropicais.
  6. Clima que tem como característica elevados índices de umidade proporcionada pela Floresta Amazônica.
  7. Oceano localizado a leste do continente americano.
  8. Vegetação responsável pela maior biodiversidade do continente.
  9. Cordilheira localizada na América do Sul que tem a presença de áreas com vulcanismo e terremoto.
  10. Oceano que está localizado ao sul do continente.
  11. Clima predominante na porção setentrional.

20 Clues: Cordilheira mais alta do mundo. • Maior bacia hidrográfica do Brasil. • Oceano que banha o continente a oeste. • Clima predominante na porção setentrional. • Oceano que está localizado ao sul do continente. • Um dos climas que predominam na América do Norte. • Oceano que banho o norte do continente americano. • Vegetações características de climas subtropicais. • ...

Natural Texas and people 2024-08-27

Natural Texas and people crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a depression in the Earth's surface
  2. height above a level, especially sea level
  3. sun dried clay bricks
  4. a location based on coordinates
  5. Shows boundaries of states, countries and may also show major cities and capitals
  6. anything to do with landforms and climate
  7. human environmental interaction
  8. a map that shows the features of an area
  9. the average measurement of temperature,wind,humidity,snow and rain in a place over years
  10. anything that brings people together
  11. the imaginary vertical lines around the Earth
  12. a long period of time with little or no rain
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  1. to stay in one place
  2. the symbols, language, normal behaviors, values, and artifacts that a group of people may use
  3. anything that has to do with money
  4. the location of something based on a landmark
  5. a natural feature of the surface of the Earth
  6. to move around, not stay in one place
  7. farming of crops and ranching of animals
  8. the imaginary horizontal lines around the Earth

20 Clues: to stay in one place • sun dried clay bricks • a location based on coordinates • human environmental interaction • anything that has to do with money • a depression in the Earth's surface • anything that brings people together • to move around, not stay in one place • a map that shows the features of an area • farming of crops and ranching of animals • ...

evolution and natural selection 2024-03-12

evolution and natural selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of adapting to something
  2. fossil record provides snapshots of the past which, when assembled, illustrate a panorama
  3. an infectious agent that can only replicate within a host organism
  4. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
  5. the reciprocal evolutionary change in a set of interacting populations over time resulting from the interactions between those populations
  6. the complete disappearance of a species from Earth
  7. the main method of virus reproduction
  8. a mechanism of evolution
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  1. a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
  2. affect which living things of the same kind survive long enough to produce young
  3. When a male gamete and a female gamete are involved in reproduction
  4. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
  5. features of an organism that are considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution
  6. a mode of reproduction in which only one parent is involved to reproduce offspring
  7. the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus
  8. occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics
  9. the transfer of genetic material from one population to another
  10. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  11. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  12. microscopic living organisms that have only one cell

20 Clues: a mechanism of evolution • the process of adapting to something • the main method of virus reproduction • the complete disappearance of a species from Earth • microscopic living organisms that have only one cell • the transfer of genetic material from one population to another • the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus • ...

evolution and natural selection 2024-03-12

evolution and natural selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of adapting to something
  2. fossil record provides snapshots of the past which, when assembled, illustrate a panorama
  3. an infectious agent that can only replicate within a host organism
  4. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
  5. the reciprocal evolutionary change in a set of interacting populations over time resulting from the interactions between those populations
  6. the complete disappearance of a species from Earth
  7. the main method of virus reproduction
  8. a mechanism of evolution
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  1. a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
  2. affect which living things of the same kind survive long enough to produce young
  3. When a male gamete and a female gamete are involved in reproduction
  4. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
  5. features of an organism that are considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution
  6. a mode of reproduction in which only one parent is involved to reproduce offspring
  7. the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus
  8. occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics
  9. the transfer of genetic material from one population to another
  10. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  11. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  12. microscopic living organisms that have only one cell

20 Clues: a mechanism of evolution • the process of adapting to something • the main method of virus reproduction • the complete disappearance of a species from Earth • microscopic living organisms that have only one cell • the transfer of genetic material from one population to another • the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-03-07

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  2. The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin.
  3. Organism adapts to its environment through selectively reproducing changes in its genotype
  4. The change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  5. The diversity in a particular characteristic among individuals within a population
  6. The production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes
  7. The dying out of a species
  8. The natural process by which organisms best adjusted to their environment are most successful in surviving and reproducing
  9. The process by which individuals compete for access to mates and fertilization opportunities
  10. The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
  11. A mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent
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  1. The biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments or to changes in their current environment
  2. These evolve as gene frequencies change
  3. The process by which humans choose individual organisms with certain phenotypic trait values for breeding
  4. How a new kind of plant or animal species is created
  5. Any movement of individuals, and/or the genetic material they carry, from one population to another
  6. Small single-celled organisms
  7. Provides important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments throughout time
  8. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
  9. The progressive changes in size, shape, and function during the life of an organism by which its genetic potentials (genotype) are translated into functioning mature systems (phenotype)

20 Clues: The dying out of a species • Small single-celled organisms • These evolve as gene frequencies change • How a new kind of plant or animal species is created • A mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent • The diversity in a particular characteristic among individuals within a population • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-03-08

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A single-cell organism whose cell lacks mitochondria
  2. the study of the embryo and its development
  3. when a new colony is started by members of the original population
  4. When a male gamete and a female gamete are involved in reproduction
  5. Any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus
  6. Single celled organism
  7. A genetic sequence on a specific chromosome
  8. competition for access to mates
  9. A change in allele frequencies in a population
  10. The way a new species is created
  11. changes in the genetic material of a population over time
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  1. Offspring is produced by only one parent
  2. the process of one cell dividing into two
  3. the influence of closely related species on each other in evolution
  4. The increased reproduction of organisms with genes that improve survival
  5. The variation of of traits in a population
  6. an infectious microbe
  7. the complete disappearance of a species
  8. the movement of genetic material to a population
  9. An adjustment to the environment to survive

20 Clues: an infectious microbe • Single celled organism • competition for access to mates • The way a new species is created • the complete disappearance of a species • Offspring is produced by only one parent • the process of one cell dividing into two • The variation of of traits in a population • the study of the embryo and its development • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2024-03-13

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How a new kind of plant or animal species is created.
  2. Something an animal does usually in response to some type of external stimulus in order to survive.
  3. Any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus.
  4. The reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population.
  5. The capacity of bacteria to withstand the effects of a harmful chemical agent.
  6. The transfer of genetic material from one population to another.
  7. One of two or more versions of a genetic sequence at a particular region on a chromosome.
  8. The production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes.
  9. The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
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  1. The presence of differences in sequences of genes between individual organisms of a species.
  2. An internal body process to regulate and maintain homeostasis for an organism to survive in the environment in which it exists.
  3. The evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats.
  4. An extreme example of genetic drift that happens when the size of a population is severely reduced.
  5. Single-celled microorganisms that lack a nuclear membrane, are metabolically active and divided by binary fission.
  6. Symbiotically break down food for other organisms, producing food through photosynthesis and chemosynthesis, and decomposing waste.
  7. The change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance.
  8. The variation and distribution of traits in a population depend on genetic and environmental factors.
  9. The complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
  10. Any substance that inhibits the growth and replication of a bacterium or kills it outright.
  11. A mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent.

20 Clues: The complete disappearance of a species from Earth. • How a new kind of plant or animal species is created. • Any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. • The transfer of genetic material from one population to another. • The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. • ...

Natural Selection (AKS 4) 2024-04-16

Natural Selection (AKS 4) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness
  2. - the diversity of life forms on earth or part of the earth, including diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, esp. when regarded as providing the optimal conditions for evolution
  3. Selection - a natural process of evolution in which the organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and are able to reproduce, while those that are weak leave fewer or no offspring
  4. - the process or act of trying to win
  5. - the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant
  6. of the Fittest - in biology, the evolutionary principle that only the forms of plants or animals best suited to or most easily able to adapt to existing conditions will survive, while other less suited forms will become extinct
  7. - an animal that hunts other animals for food
  8. - a variety
  9. - a group of living things that can mate with one another but not with those of other groups
  10. - money or things that are available for a particular use
  11. - everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health
  12. - in biology, a change in an organism, over time, that better enables it to survive and multiply
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  1. Darwin - Father of evolution; studied finches on Galapagos Islands
  2. - the degree to which something varies; amount of change or difference
  3. - the theory that describes how all life forms developed from simpler life forms by changes that took millions of years
  4. - a way of hiding something by covering or coloring it so that it looks like its surrounding
  5. - a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change
  6. - to have young or offspring
  7. - to fill with more inhabitants than available resources can sustain
  8. - an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal

20 Clues: - a variety • - to have young or offspring • - the process or act of trying to win • - an animal that hunts other animals for food • - money or things that are available for a particular use • - the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant • - an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal • ...

Unit 5: Natural Selection 2024-04-17

Unit 5: Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  2. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  3. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  4. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  5. a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
  6. a related organism from a previous generation
  7. a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  8. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  9. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  10. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
  11. to receive genes from a parent
  12. a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
  13. a characteristic that all members of a species have
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  1. the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
  2. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  3. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
  4. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
  5. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  6. a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
  7. an instruction for making a protein molecule
  8. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  9. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
  10. a result or change that happens because of an event or process

23 Clues: to receive genes from a parent • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • a characteristic that all members of a species have • ...

Genetics and Natural Selection 2024-08-03

Genetics and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first cell of organism formed by sperm and egg joining
  2. point in development where cell gets specific job
  3. DNA has dominant and recessive alleles
  4. shape of DNA
  5. cancer spreading
  6. weaker allele that is often overpowered by dominant
  7. ball of cells
  8. molecular building block of protien
  9. allele that overpowers others
  10. process of making new life
  11. 3 nucleotide sequence that codes for amino acid
  12. trait coded on DNA
  13. molecule that carries all instructions for life
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  1. reproduction method with 1 parent
  2. DNA organization method often used to determine species
  3. molecules ATGC that build DNA
  4. characteristic of an individual
  5. individuals with traits most suited to environment survive and reproduce at higher rates
  6. DNA sequence coding for different forms of a trait
  7. section of DNA that codes for a protien
  8. any change in DNA code
  9. differences in genetic code
  10. male gamete containing half DNA
  11. development of new species due to natural selection
  12. trait learned or received from environment
  13. process of traits in population changing over time
  14. alleles that share dominance
  15. molecule coded by a gene
  16. uncontrollable cell division caused by DNA mutation
  17. reproductive method involving 2 parents
  18. female gamete containing half DNA

31 Clues: shape of DNA • ball of cells • cancer spreading • trait coded on DNA • any change in DNA code • molecule coded by a gene • process of making new life • differences in genetic code • alleles that share dominance • molecules ATGC that build DNA • allele that overpowers others • characteristic of an individual • male gamete containing half DNA • reproduction method with 1 parent • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-08

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines, making the medicine useless
  2. the proccess pf reproducing using to organism
  3. provides a record of how creatures evolved, mostly represented by a "tree of life"
  4. a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene
  5. a group of single celled micororgansisms that could cause infections an diseases
  6. when a group of similar species separate to create its own unique characteristics
  7. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to a random event
  8. actions that help animals survive based on a response to some type of stimulus
  9. one of two or more DNA seuqnces occuring at a partciluar gene locus
Down
  1. the process of reproducing using only one organism
  2. a heritable trait that helps an organism,such as plants or animals, survive and reproduce in its environment
  3. cells that contain membrane bound organelles
  4. a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause a disease
  5. the dying out or extermination of a species
  6. refers to the reduction in genomic variability that occcurs when a small group of individuals separate form a larger population
  7. the organisms that have most adapted to the environment around them will survive
  8. differences in traits among individuals of the same kind of living thing
  9. the movement of genes from one population to another
  10. a type of structual modifictaion made to a part of the body that helps an organism survive
  11. organisms that lack membrane bound organelles and other organelles

20 Clues: the dying out or extermination of a species • cells that contain membrane bound organelles • the proccess pf reproducing using to organism • the process of reproducing using only one organism • the movement of genes from one population to another • a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-07

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time
  2. when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics
  3. the production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information of two individuals of different sexes
  4. single-celled organisms belonging to the domains Bacteria and Archaea
  5. the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two or more evolutionary groups
  6. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change
  7. the movement of genes into or out of a population
Down
  1. cells containing membrane-bound organelles
  2. a feature that a species inherited from an ancestor but that is now less elaborate and functional than in the ancestor
  3. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population
  4. a mode of reproduction in which a new offspring is produced by a single parent
  5. when a population is greatly reduced in size, limiting the genetic diversity of the species
  6. features of different species that are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and which do not derive from a common ancestral feature and which evolved in response to a similar environmental challenge
  7. similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions
  8. One of two or more DNA sequences occurring at a particular gene locus
  9. a change or difference in the trait
  10. the process of reciprocal evolutionary change that occurs between pairs of species or among groups of species as they interact with one another
  11. asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies
  12. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
  13. the complete disappearance of a species from Earth

20 Clues: a change or difference in the trait • cells containing membrane-bound organelles • the movement of genes into or out of a population • the complete disappearance of a species from Earth • asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies • One of two or more DNA sequences occurring at a particular gene locus • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-06

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. describes how the individuals are distributed, or spread throughout their habitat.
  2. One of two or more DNA sequences occurring at a particular gene locus.
  3. a term that describes mechanisms of gene transfer from one population to another.
  4. one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring
  5. organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.
  6. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change
  7. the difference in DNA sequences between individuals within a population.
  8. When two organisms create a third organism through reproduction, a number of variables come into play
Down
  1. organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
  2. when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics.
  3. organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles.
  4. the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population.
  5. the way in which a reduction and subsequent increase in a population's size affects the distribution of genetic variation among its individuals.
  6. how a new kind of plant or animal species is created.
  7. something an animal does usually in response to some type of external stimulus in order to survive.
  8. the complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
  9. type of structural modification made to a part of the body
  10. an organism combines the genetic information from each of its parents and is genetically unique.
  11. the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance.
  12. a branch of science that is related to the formation, growth, and development of embryo.

20 Clues: the complete disappearance of a species from Earth. • how a new kind of plant or animal species is created. • organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles. • type of structural modification made to a part of the body • one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring • ...

Evolution and Natural Selection 2023-03-17

Evolution and Natural Selection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when species evolve together
  2. arise by mutation
  3. a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
  4. similar features in organisms with same functions, but not from the same ancestors
  5. complete disappearance of a species
  6. process of changing to adapt
  7. differences in organisms
  8. asexual reproduction of the body into two new bodies
  9. similar structures evolved from the same ancestor
Down
  1. interbreeding from one species to another
  2. germs build immunity to treatment
  3. can only reproduce in a host
  4. a cell that has a nucleus
  5. a response to a stimulus in order to survive
  6. is when a group separates from a larger group and develops its own characteristics
  7. single-cell organisms possessing a prokaryotic
  8. offspring produced by one parent
  9. physical changes in order to adapt to an environment
  10. random change in gene variant
  11. smaller cells without a nucleus

20 Clues: arise by mutation • differences in organisms • a cell that has a nucleus • can only reproduce in a host • process of changing to adapt • random change in gene variant • smaller cells without a nucleus • offspring produced by one parent • germs build immunity to treatment • occurs when species evolve together • complete disappearance of a species • ...