Across
- 2. Natural scientist who created a theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 4. Transfer of genetic material from on population to another.
- 6. Organisms of the same species living together.
- 8. A movement of individuals out of a population.
- 11. Trait that gives an organisms greater chances of surviving.
- 15. Inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival.
- 16. Ability of traits to be passed down from one generation to the next through genetic inheritance.
- 18. A change to a populations gene pool by chance.
- 20. Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce a fertile offspring.
- 22. Change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
Down
- 1. A living thing that can reproduce and grow.
- 3. Change in a kind of organism over time.
- 5. Process where organisms with favorable traits to their environment survive.
- 7. Factors in the environment that influences the survival of an organism.
- 9. Well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
- 10. Process by which two population of the same species become different that they no longer interbreed.
- 12. Any difference between individuals of the same species.
- 13. Disappearance of a species from all parts of its geographical range
- 14. New organisms joining or entering a different population.
- 17. Measure of an organism's ability to survive in a given environment.
- 19. Science that studies living organisms
- 21. Material that carries all genetic information located in the nucleus of the cell.