EVOLUTION

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Across
  1. 2. a reproductive barrier that prevents fertilization
  2. 5. is a structure that can develop differently over time
  3. 6. is a theory that suggests that meteorites or comets caused dinosaurs to become extinct in Cretaceous perio
  4. 7. is slow and steady speciation
  5. 10. carry dormant plant embryos packaged with a food supply
  6. 11. according to him all changes in nature are gradual
  7. 12. who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
  8. 13. small evolutionary changes that accumulate in a population
  9. 14. is the science of describing, naming, and classifying species
  10. 16. is the study of past life
  11. 19. a speciation that occurs in a shared habitat
  12. 20. proposed the first scientifically testable evolutionary theory
Down
  1. 1. were the first plants to evolve seeds and produce pollen
  2. 3. are for obtaining water and minerals, while physically anchoring the plant in the soil
  3. 4. marks the end of the line
  4. 8. it is a dating that estimates fossil age using rock layers
  5. 9. slower and results from large-scale changes
  6. 15. a reproductibe barrier that prevents development of fertile offspring
  7. 17. is a selection that is the identification by humans of desirable trait in plants and animals
  8. 18. are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms from the past