Evolution Vocab Choice Board

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Across
  1. 3. an inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
  2. 4. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  3. 6. a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can mate and reproduce
  4. 7. change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
Down
  1. 1. pattern of evolution characterized by the slow and steady accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time
  2. 2. a well- tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental result
  3. 5. any difference between individuals of the same species