Escape Room Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. principle that each living species has descended, with changes, from other species over time
  2. 7. A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
  3. 8. Changes in the genes among members of the same species.
  4. 9. A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
  5. 10. the process of producing offspring
  6. 11. Product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents
  7. 13. the ship Charles Darwin sailed on
  8. 15. Genetic differences that occur in a species.
  9. 16. Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
  10. 17. A change in some part of the body that helps an organism survive in its environment.
Down
  1. 1. an inherited behavior that helps an organism survive
  2. 2. The process in which genetic material is passed from parents to their offspring.
  3. 4. Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
  4. 5. Evolution occurs by means of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Organisms acquire traits over their lifetime and pass these traits to offspring.
  5. 6. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
  6. 12. Passing of traits from parents to offspring
  7. 14. The scientific study of heredity