Evolution and Ecology

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Across
  1. 2. how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
  2. 3. The state of two individuals when they are blood relatives
  3. 8. a defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings.
  4. 9. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
  5. 11. the capacity to confront, relate, compromise, and cooperate with the environment and others, accommodating thoughts and behaviors in this process
  6. 12. Living factors in the environment
  7. 15. The largest population that an environment can support at any given time
  8. 19. A community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment
  9. 20. a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared
  10. 21. change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
  11. 23. The number of different species in an area
  12. 24. A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
  13. 26. Non-Living factors in the environment
  14. 27. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  15. 28. when individuals select mates based on heritable traits
  16. 29. a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics.
Down
  1. 1. the study of past and present distribution of organisms
  2. 4. the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.
  3. 5. Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  4. 6. a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected
  5. 7. preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
  6. 10. The gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers, or water.
  7. 13. Without Oxygen
  8. 14. seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
  9. 15. All the different populations that live together in an area
  10. 16. Liquid to gas
  11. 17. structure that is inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function
  12. 18. random change in allele frequency caused by a series of chance occurrences that cause an allele to become more or less common in a population
  13. 22. All life forms on Earth
  14. 25. process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest