Natural Selection

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Across
  1. 4. an animal that naturally preys on others.
  2. 6. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
  3. 7. the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
  4. 10. an organism's child or children.
  5. 11. the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
  6. 13. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
  7. 14. a process where humans intentionally choose individuals with specific desirable traits in plants or animals and selectively breed them to enhance those traits over generations.
Down
  1. 1. the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others
  2. 2. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  3. 3. an animal that is caught and killed by another for food.
  4. 5. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
  5. 6. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
  6. 8. relating to genes or heredity.
  7. 9. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
  8. 12. British naturalist who revolutionized our understanding of the natural world