Natural Selection Review

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Across
  1. 6. Heritable differences in traits, meaning you can have a slightly different _________ of traits in a species. The more of the this in a species, the better chance the population has to survive any changes
  2. 9. A random change in an organism's DNA
  3. 10. The ______ variation/genetic diversity in a populations heritable differences, the more likely they are to survive slight change
  4. 12. When a small group splits into more genetically unique species
  5. 13. Is a species does not have favorable traits to help it survive it will go..
  6. 14. Not planned
  7. 15. Shows us common ancestors as well as past environments of species
Down
  1. 1. Population that has split, adapted, and evolved over time to form their own species share a
  2. 2. Process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
  3. 3. The total variety of genes and inherited traits in a species
  4. 4. Is an inherited trait that helps something survive
  5. 5. Change in the inherited traits of a population over time
  6. 7. Developed the theory of evolution
  7. 8. The ability to survive; better adaptations increase this
  8. 11. The ______ the population size, the more likely there will be individuals that will get desirable adaptions/traits