Natural Selection

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Across
  1. 2. the process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully, passing on those traits to their offspring.
  2. 5. an animal taken by a predator as food
  3. 7. the study of heredity, the process in which a. parent passes certain genes onto their children.
  4. 8. a characteristic or quality that distinguishes something from others.
  5. 10. the immediate descendants of a person or animal, essentially their children or young.
  6. 11. a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area and able to interbreed.
Down
  1. 1. It involves the cultivation of the soil, growing crops, and raising livestock to produce food and other resources.
  2. 3. Selection desired traits
  3. 4. individuals better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than those less well-adapted.
  4. 6. an organism that captures and eats another (the prey)
  5. 9. changing to better suit a situation or environment.