Across
- 2. differences among the genomes of members of the same species
- 7. an area classified according to the species that live in that location
- 9. an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
- 10. producing an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing 2 different species, breeds, or varieties
- 13. the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations
- 16. the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat
- 17. relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations
- 18. choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics
Down
- 1. in dangerous circumstances, only those individuals most adapted to their environment survive
- 3. the production of more of a product, commodity, or substance then is wanted or needed
- 4. physical rather than biological not derived from living organisms
- 5. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
- 6. traits that promote an organism's success in a particular environment
- 8. all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
- 11. a genetically determined characteristic
- 12. the number of people in a single area
- 14. the activity or condition of competing
- 15. the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from preexisting forms through successive generations