Evolution Crossword

2. The gradual development of something
3. A method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes.
6. The repeated evolution of similar traits in independent evolutionary lineages inhabiting similar environments.
7. A trait which serves the same or similar functions between separate organisms.
9. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
11. When an inorganic substance precipitates in an organic matrix.
13. The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
14. The petrified remains of an animal.
15. The study of the embryo's formation and development.

1. The science of determining the relative order of past events without necessarily determining their age.
4. Occurs when tectonic processes put stress on a rock, and the rock bends.
5. A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.
8. Occurs when carbon dioxide from moisture in the air reacts with carbonate minerals found in rock.
10. A body of igneous rock that has crystallized from molten magma.
12. One in which the inclination of the surface is increased.