Ch. 13 VOCAB
Across
- 3. All the fossils ever discovered on Earth.
- 5. The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have variations.
- 7. The change over time in populations of related organisms.
- 8. Body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure.
- 10. An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
- 11. The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
- 13. The study of similarities and differences among structures of living species.
Down
- 1. The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.
- 2. Body parts that have lost their original function due to evolution.
- 4. Body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function.
- 6. When the last individual organism of a species dies.
- 9. The science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth.
- 12. A slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species.