Across
- 2. an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chances of survival
- 8. organisms that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more than others (two words)
- 9. reads along each naked single strand adding the complementary nucleotide (two words)
- 10. a single imaginary plane divides the body into left and right sides (two words)
- 11. embryos of all vertebrates are very similar early on
- 13. blood circulates entirely within blood vessels that extend through the body (three words)
- 15. negative feedback, a system of which the product or result of a process limits the process itself (two words)
- 19. chordates with a backbone
- 22. process of change over time
- 23. a record of the history of life on earth
Down
- 1. all living organisms are related to one another (two words)
- 3. RNA contains A, C, G, U, these are like the letters of a language (two words)
- 4. the RNA holds the code for making proteins which are long chains of amino acids
- 5. any number of imaginary planes drawn through the center of the body could divide the body into equal halves (two words)
- 6. process in which food is broken down outside cells in a digestive system them it's absorbed (two words)
- 7. heritable changes in genetic information
- 12. untwists the double helix and exposes complementary strands
- 14. assembled in segments created for many primers (two words)
- 16. nucleic acid that consists of a long chain of nucleotides
- 17. who is the father of evolution? (two words)
- 18. bubble like structures that provide an enormous amount if surface area
- 20. after proteins are built transfer RNA molecules transfer each amino acid to the ribosomes
- 21. chemical or agent in the environment that cause mutation
- 22. the process in which animals remove ammonia through waste