Evolution Biology

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Across
  1. 3. a major classroom distraction
  2. 5. modern day dinosaurs
  3. 10. bring your A ___
  4. 11. teacher's name
  5. 13. is a feature that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
  6. 15. molecular evidence for evolution
  7. 16. a theory must backed by multiple forms of
  8. 18. once considered a planet
  9. 19. the very large fossil of this Armadillo like animal was found by Darwin in Punta Alta
  10. 20. what drives selection in which plant or animals are bred for specific traits
  11. 21. we did not evolve from them but we likely share a common ancestor
  12. 23. more than a best guess
  13. 25. evolved separately, structured differently but serve the same function
  14. 26. in order for a trait to become an adaptation it must be
  15. 28. first name of the father of modern genetics
  16. 29. drive down a population especially those that can not escape or hide
  17. 30. the kind of rock fossils form in
  18. 31. living relative of the whale
Down
  1. 1. Darwin's famous ______finches
  2. 2. engineering that result in a modified organism
  3. 4. redhead country singer
  4. 6. similar structure but different function
  5. 7. evolution happens very slowly
  6. 8. a feature all vertebrates have as embryos
  7. 9. not fish
  8. 12. the youngest layer of rock is on the
  9. 14. selection driven by the environment
  10. 17. an anatomical structure no longer useful to the living descendant, yet still present
  11. 20. In 1831, the ____ _____ set sail from England on a five-year journey to map the coast of South America and the Pacific Islands.
  12. 22. are evidence for evolution occurring constantly because viruses are constantly changing
  13. 24. Scientists can determine the age of a fossil through the process of _______ dating.
  14. 27. is the process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors