Across
- 1. ___________ tectonics theory explains the shifting of continents.
- 2. Lesser known co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection
- 9. Geologist that thought gradual, repetitive change shaped the earth's surface
- 10. A form of a trait that enhances an individual's fitness
- 12. Supercontinent that preceded Pangea; about 500 m.y.a.
- 13. Process where a dead animal is covered by mud or ash and it's bones are replaced by minerals
- 14. Method of dating rock or a fossil by predicting rates of decay
Down
- 1. The supercontinent that contained all today's current major land masses
- 3. _________________ morphology is the study of similarities in body plans.
- 4. An economist who though that humans could reproduce past the capacity of our environment
- 5. An order of animals including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
- 6. Study of patterns in where species and communities exist.
- 7. The measure of your adaptation to a specific environment, especially your genetic contribution to future generations
- 8. Came up with the first published ideas outlining evolution, including the inheritance of acquired traits.
- 11. The time it takes for half the quantity of a radioisotope to decay.