Evolution

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Across
  1. 4. The theory that all of Earth's processes are uniform throughout time.
  2. 5. The distribution of organisms around the world.
  3. 6. Father of biogeography.
  4. 11. A feature that performs a similar function but has a different structure than another organism.
  5. 13. Study of how organisms develop.
  6. 17. Proposed that organisms evolved toward complexity and perfection.
  7. 20. States that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions have happened often during Earth's long history.
  8. 22. A process in which humans determine which traits are favorable and then breed the two individuals that show the traits.
  9. 24. The difference of an individual to other individuals in a group
  10. 25. Plate tectonics/continental drift
  11. 26. A process in which individuals with beneficial traits to reproduce and survive better.
  12. 27. Proposed industrial melanism by observing pollution.
  13. 29. Descendants of a single ancestor diversify into species that fit parts of the environment.
  14. 30. A feature that allows an organism to better survive and reproduce in its environment.
Down
  1. 1. A feature in an organism that was used by previous ancestors but has no purpose now.
  2. 2. Created the theory of catastrophism
  3. 3. The number of organisms that can be held by an environment without degradation.
  4. 7. Traces of organisms from the past.
  5. 8. Proposed the theory of gradualism
  6. 9. study of body structures of animals.
  7. 10. The measure of the ability to survive and reproduce more than others in the population.
  8. 12. A principle that states that the changes in landforms resulted from slow changes over a long period of time.
  9. 14. Fossils with features intermediate between hypothesized ancestors and later descendant species.
  10. 15. Features with similar structures but have different functions.
  11. 16. Different species evolve similar traits even though they come from different ancestors.
  12. 18. Occurs when two or more species have evolved adaptations to each other's influence.
  13. 19. Proposed the theory of uniformitarianism
  14. 21. Occurs when a population in a new environment undergoes divergent evolution and fills many parts of the environment.
  15. 23. First person to write about the theory of Evolution.
  16. 28. Proposed the Law of Superposition