Across
- 3. a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce
- 5. the process by which individuals are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce more than other members of their species
- 6. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
- 8. the process of change over time
- 9. a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
- 10. species evolve during short periods of rapid change and then don't change much
Down
- 1. any differences between individual of the same species
- 2. small changes that add up to major changes over a long period of time
- 4. similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor
- 7. a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile ofspringmate
