Across
- 3. The theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily
- 5. the whole species is dead
- 7. Change in genetic material of a cell
- 9. A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
- 12. The process of selecting a few organism with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation
- 13. A diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related
- 14. a set of dna that makes a specific trait
- 15. A structure that is reduced in size and has little or no function.
Down
- 1. differences between the same species
- 2. The last shared common ancestor on the branching tree of evolution
- 4. A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring
- 6. The more adapted something is to its environment the more likely it is to survive.
- 8. the remains of an organism that lived in the past
- 10. How well an organism can adapt and survive in its environment
- 11. A trait or novel process that helps and organism survive and reproduce
