Natural Selection Crossword

6. to the rivalry between or among living things for territory, resources, goods, mates, etc.
9. the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution.
12. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
13. the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
14. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
15. the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.
16. traits that promote an organism's success in a particular environment.
18. relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
19. the production of more of a product, commodity, or substance than is wanted or needed.

1. choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.
2. all of the people/organisms born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
3. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
4. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
5. a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.
7. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success.
8. mutations are changes in the information contained in genetic material. ·
10. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
11. produce(an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.
17. an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.