Natural Selection vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. The development of an embryo
  2. 5. Radiation: diversification of a species due to changes in environment and resources
  3. 6. Equilibrium: Species remain stable for a long period of time with brief periods of rapid evolution.
  4. 7. Selection: A process where organisms with traits better suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more successfully.
  5. 9. Selection: The process in which humans decide which animals to breed
  6. 11. Drift: A random change in allele frequencies
  7. 12. 2 organisms that evolve together due to reciprocal influence
  8. 13. The process by which evolution gradually occurs rather then sudden
  9. 15. Animals moving from one place to another for climate, resource and breeding
  10. 16. A specific group of organisms
  11. 17. A process by which new species arise from existing species
Down
  1. 1. When an species permanently disappears from Earth
  2. 2. The process by which living organisms’ characteristics change over time
  3. 3. Traits that have the same origin
  4. 4. a heritable characteristic that enhances an organism’s ability to survive in a specific environment
  5. 8. An idea used to explain a specific phenomenon
  6. 10. Evolution: Closely related organisms have the same evolutionary trait
  7. 14. Field of biology that deals with the distribution of species across different places.
  8. 15. Changes in the allele frequencies, Evolutionary changes within a species