Ch. 16 AP Biology

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Across
  1. 1. ___________ tectonics theory explains the shifting of continents.
  2. 2. Lesser known co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection
  3. 9. Geologist that thought gradual, repetitive change shaped the earth's surface
  4. 10. A form of a trait that enhances an individual's fitness
  5. 12. Supercontinent that preceded Pangea; about 500 m.y.a.
  6. 13. Process where a dead animal is covered by mud or ash and it's bones are replaced by minerals
  7. 14. Method of dating rock or a fossil by predicting rates of decay
Down
  1. 1. The supercontinent that contained all today's current major land masses
  2. 3. _________________ morphology is the study of similarities in body plans.
  3. 4. An economist who though that humans could reproduce past the capacity of our environment
  4. 5. An order of animals including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
  5. 6. Study of patterns in where species and communities exist.
  6. 7. The measure of your adaptation to a specific environment, especially your genetic contribution to future generations
  7. 8. Came up with the first published ideas outlining evolution, including the inheritance of acquired traits.
  8. 11. The time it takes for half the quantity of a radioisotope to decay.