Unit 7 - Natural Selection

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Across
  1. 2. An example of a behavioral adaptation
  2. 3. All of the genetic information in a population
  3. 7. How common an allele is is called its ______
  4. 9. Boat that Darwin traveled on
  5. 10. In any population, only some individuals will survive long enough to _____________
  6. 11. Proposed that the human population may outgrow their food supply
  7. 13. A characteristic that will promote an organism´s survival in their environment
  8. 15. Scientist who wrote a book on natural selection called The Origin of Species in 1859
  9. 16. Adaptations that change the physical appearance
  10. 20. The study and development of embryos
  11. 22. The changes in a group of organisms over time
  12. 24. Structures that show a similar structure from common ancestry
  13. 25. Adaptations that change how an organism acts
  14. 26. Scientist that thought similar species come from a common ancestor and gradually get more complex
Down
  1. 1. Used by organisms to avoid detection from predators
  2. 4. Evolution studies how populations ____
  3. 5. Type of mimicry where two harmful species copy each other
  4. 6. Islands Darwin is famous for visiting
  5. 7. Number of years Darwin spent on his voyage
  6. 8. Adaptations that change an organism´s internal functions
  7. 12. Scientist who developed a theory of natural selection after studying in Indonesia
  8. 14. Process where organisms with the strongest traits are more likely to survive
  9. 17. An example of a vestigial structure in humans
  10. 18. A group of individuals of the same species that can breed
  11. 19. Structures that have a similar function but are not from closely related animals
  12. 21. Type of mimicry where a non-harmful species copies a harmful one
  13. 23. Structures with no current function