Across
- 3. the principles or beliefs of a political party
- 6. the scientific study of how certain qualities or traits are passed from parents to offspring as a result of changes in DNA sequence.
- 7. group of people who join together because they share the same principle or beliefs about how the government should run
- 10. initial election where voters choose party candidates to run in the general election for office
- 12. an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved
- 14. an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development
- 16. a group of representatives chosen by voters to elect the president
- 17. the process by which new species or populations of living things develop older forms through many generations of passing on traits
- 18. people who are eligible to vote
- 19. the meeting of members of a party to run for office
- 20. similar physical features in two or more organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions
Down
- 1. a branching diagram showing the relationship between a number of species
- 2. a physical or behavioral characteristic
- 4. features of different species that are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and do not come from a common ancestor
- 5. the study of body structures
- 8. the person currently holding office
- 9. the election in which voters decide which primary election winner will win the office
- 11. change of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment
- 13. closed meeting of party members to determine a candidate for office
- 15. the right to vote