Across
- 2. starfish
- 4. a species that hunts and consumes other species
- 5. clams
- 7. where two tectonic plates meet
- 9. the sedimentary rock that makes up much of the south island
- 12. hugely destructive geological formation where lava spews from the earth
- 13. the point of comparison on a phylogenetic tree
- 17. the process of a new species forming
- 18. the continent containing much of NZ and New Caledonia
- 20. traits that are unique to a species
Down
- 1. sea sponges
- 3. earth worms
- 6. how many years ago NZ split from Gondwana
- 8. the role a species fills in the environment
- 9. the super continent that NZ split from
- 10. change in a population over time
- 11. animals that have a backbone
- 14. the evolutionary history of a group of species
- 15. island ____, increasing the size of species that live on islands
- 16. jellyfish
- 19. insects