Science

2. the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such as the new species sometimes arise
5. a chart that includes all known organisms
8. the order of which species have existed
11. the trace of an organism that lived long ago most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
12. most western place in south america
14. a bird that has 13 spices on the galapagos islands
15. the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do a theroy to explain the mechanesm of evolution
16. a group of islands 600 miles west of Ecuador
19. a genetically determined characteristic

1. the continent below north america
3. a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
4. the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits
6. the scientist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population
7. the scientist who wrote Principals of Geology
9. father of evolution
10. the ship Darwin sailed on when he made his theory of evolution
13. a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
17. the layout of your bones
18. a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of Earth's crust