Across
- 2. an animal that is caught and killed by another for food
- 5. a person's or animals child or children
- 8. organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
- 11. a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.
- 14. the ability to adjust or change to suit a new purpose or situation
- 15. the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
Down
- 1. a genetically determined characteristic.
- 3. the process where humans intentionally select for specific traits in plants and animals
- 4. an animal that naturally preys on others
- 6. the study of how characteristics and traits are passed down from parents to offspring through genes
- 7. farming
- 9. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
- 10. the evolutionary process by which organisms better adapted to their environment
- 12. where an species lives
- 13. British naturalist, geologist, and biologist who is best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
