Evolution Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. The preserved remains or trace of an organism
  2. 5. an inherited trait the increases an organisms chance to survive.
  3. 7. when a whole species is dead
  4. 10. A type of adaptation that involves the internal body system.
  5. 11. an adaptation that enables a species to blend into its environment
  6. 14. A change among organisms that becomes better suited to their environment
  7. 16. organisms with variation that will help them survive in the environment, live longer, compete, and reproduce
  8. 17. An English natural scientist who made the theory of evolution
  9. 18. the human practice of breeding animals to have desired traits
  10. 20. structures in different species that look the same because of common ancestry
Down
  1. 1. body parts that share similar function but not structure.
  2. 3. slight differences among an organism of the same species
  3. 4. the formation of species from evolution
  4. 6. a structure in a organism that no longer serves its original purpose
  5. 8. a change over-time
  6. 9. a person who studies plants and animals by observing them
  7. 12. being able to see similarities before birth
  8. 13. studies endangered species and finds ways to help them
  9. 15. A living thing
  10. 19. A group of similar organisms