Unit 3: Evolution Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. molecular evidence showing common ancestry or variation
  2. 3. Process by which humans create organisms with desirable traits
  3. 8. Refers to differences in individual in a population
  4. 10. Cause of speciation on islands, regions or behaviors
  5. 14. island isolation lead to changes in these reptile populations
  6. 16. fetal development
  7. 17. Structures with similar function but not similar anatomy or development
  8. 19. Structures of the body that have no function
  9. 20. Refers to how traits are passed from parents to offspring
  10. 21. A form of selective pressure
  11. 22. Theory that species change over time
Down
  1. 2. Traits that help organisms survive and reproduce
  2. 4. cranial bone that reveals many stories about a once living thing
  3. 5. A diagram that shows features common to groups or populations
  4. 6. The process by which evolution occurs
  5. 7. Organisms that show genotype and phenotype due to biogeography
  6. 9. Remains of organisms that lived in the past
  7. 11. The idea that each living species descended from other species
  8. 12. Structures that are similar in related organisms, like bones of the arm
  9. 13. Darwin observed differences in these structures of finches as evidence to support his theory of evolution
  10. 15. The formation of new species
  11. 18. Influence on organisms based geology