Across
- 2. slight differences between individuals in the same species
- 3. A structure that is present in an organism but no longer serves its original purpose
- 5. A person who studies plants and animals by observing them
- 7. the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits
- 9. The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth.
- 11. an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment
- 13. Body parts that share a common function, but not structure
- 14. English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection 1859
- 15. the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
- 16. similarities in development before birth that demonstrate relationships between different species
- 17. The max amount of organisms that the envirnment can support
- 18. A trait that helps an organism better survive in it's environment
Down
- 1. Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.
- 4. a naturalist from the year 1858
- 6. The process by which individuals with variations that help them survive in their environment will live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than individuals without those variations
- 8. change over time
- 10. a naturalist from the year 1809
- 12. The resemblance of one species to another species
- 16. When the last individual of a species dies
