EVOLUTION
Across
- 2. a reproductive barrier that prevents fertilization
- 5. is a structure that can develop differently over time
- 6. is a theory that suggests that meteorites or comets caused dinosaurs to become extinct in Cretaceous perio
- 7. is slow and steady speciation
- 10. carry dormant plant embryos packaged with a food supply
- 11. according to him all changes in nature are gradual
- 12. who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
- 13. small evolutionary changes that accumulate in a population
- 14. is the science of describing, naming, and classifying species
- 16. is the study of past life
- 19. a speciation that occurs in a shared habitat
- 20. proposed the first scientifically testable evolutionary theory
Down
- 1. were the first plants to evolve seeds and produce pollen
- 3. are for obtaining water and minerals, while physically anchoring the plant in the soil
- 4. marks the end of the line
- 8. it is a dating that estimates fossil age using rock layers
- 9. slower and results from large-scale changes
- 15. a reproductibe barrier that prevents development of fertile offspring
- 17. is a selection that is the identification by humans of desirable trait in plants and animals
- 18. are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms from the past