Cycle 3 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. giving a non-human object human characteristics
  2. 6. a word that imitates its sound
  3. 7. A group of organisms of one species that live in the same place at the same time
  4. 9. a settlement ruled by a distant country
  5. 10. a quick reference to a famous person, place, story, or event.
  6. 15. a comparison not using like or as
  7. 17. putting two different things side-by-side to show their differences
  8. 18. A mistake or a change in a living things’ DNA
  9. 19. a group of English Separatists who sought to practice their religion freely in the New World
  10. 20. The process of passing genetic traits from parents to offspring
  11. 24. selection The process where organisms who are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
  12. 25. language words that create a picture in your mind by not using their exact, literal meaning
  13. 27. a building where religious and sometimes private meetings take place
  14. 28. a religious group that wanted to reform the Church of England and settled in New England to practice their beliefs
  15. 30. several words in a row start with the same sound
Down
  1. 1. something stands for a bigger idea or meaning
  2. 3. a comparison using like or as
  3. 4. selection Process where humans are the ones who select traits in organisms that they find useful.
  4. 5. an extreme exaggeration
  5. 8. The basic unit of heredity that are passed from parents to offspring
  6. 11. The role a species plays in the ecosystem
  7. 12. An interaction between organisms or species over resources, mates, or territory, where both organisms/species are harmed
  8. 13. Different versions of traits that an organism could have, some being helpful and some being hurtful to an organism’s fitness.
  9. 14. The ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring
  10. 16. an object made or modified by a human, typically one of cultural or historical interest
  11. 21. a belief or act considered opposite of religious beliefs/teachings
  12. 22. freedom the right to practice whichever religion you want, or no religion at all, in public and in private
  13. 23. the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status
  14. 26. a small community of people living in a new place
  15. 29. a formal document granting the right to form a colony