Natural Selection 17-32

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Across
  1. 2. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  2. 4. a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  3. 6. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  4. 7. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
  5. 8. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  6. 9. something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
  7. 11. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  8. 13. the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
  9. 14. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
  10. 15. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
Down
  1. 1. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
  2. 3. the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
  3. 5. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  4. 7. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  5. 10. to stay alive
  6. 12. a specific characteristic of an individual organism