Natural Selection

2. relating to genes or heredity.
3. describes the evolutionary process where organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
7. he action or process of adapting or being adapted
9. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
11. an animal that naturally preys on others.
14. the process of choosing specific plants or animals for breeding, based on desirable traits
15. he direct manipulation of an organism's genes using technology

1. the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution.
4. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
5. a person's child or children.
6. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
8. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
10. he practice of cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock.
12. A British naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. His ideas are the foundation of modern evolutionary biology.
13. an animal that is caught and killed by another for food.