Evolution Concept 1 and 2 Vocab
Across
- 3. Is a pattern of evolution that shows a slow change over time
- 5. The creation or forming of a species
- 6. Selection, Traits that aren't necessarily good for survival but are necessary to mate
- 8. The last name of the man who made a voyage to the Galapagos Islands and came up with natural selection
- 9. A change in the sequence of DNA
- 10. A pattern of evolution that involves quick sudden change followed by periods of stability
- 12. A measure of how well an organism will survive in it's environment
- 15. Organisms that can breed with each other and have viable and fertile offspring
- 16. The differences of physical traits of organisms
- 17. The elimination of a species
Down
- 1. The process by which organisms with better traits survive and pass on those better traits
- 2. A feature that helps an organism better survive in its environment
- 4. When two organisms evolve together because they have a specialized relationship
- 7. A pattern or type of evolution that involves unrelated species evolving similar traits because of environment
- 8. A pattern or type of evolution that focuses on other species arising from a common ancestor
- 11. _______ extinction occurs when a catastrophic event like a meteor wipes out a large amount of organisms in a short period of time.
- 13. Flow, the movement of genes in or out of a population
- 14. Drift, A random change in the allele frequency of a population over time