Plant and Animal Adaptations

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Across
  1. 5. traits that help an organism survive in a certain environment
  2. 10. phenotypic ______ ; ability of a genotype to express different phenotypes as a response to environmental changes
  3. 12. conversion of light energy to chemical energy into sugars
  4. 13. pores on the leaves that allow gas exchange
  5. 14. element required for aerobic respiration
  6. 16. modified gene as a result of genetic recombination
  7. 17. change in a nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA
  8. 18. animal that mainly consumes plants or algae
  9. 19. component of rubisco and chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis
Down
  1. 1. where an organism lives in an ecosystem
  2. 2. animals that can regulate their own internal environments in varying external environments
  3. 3. change in characteristics of species over a long period of time
  4. 4. maintenance of a stable internal environment of an organism
  5. 6. animals with body temperatures that varies with the external environment
  6. 7. loss of water through the stomata of the leaves
  7. 8. animals with internal changes induced by external environment
  8. 9. state of low metabolic activity, temperature, heartbeat, and breathing
  9. 10. observable physical trait determined by genetic makeup
  10. 11. photosynthetic pathway in plants that close stomata during the day and open them at night to collect CO2
  11. 15. genetic makeup of an organism