Principals of Evolution

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Across
  1. 5. theory that changes the earths crust
  2. 8. theory of evolution based on the physical changes in an organism lifetime
  3. 9. tools designed to understand the similarity between protein structure
  4. 11. physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor
  5. 13. the process through organisms changing or adapting
  6. 14. the variation between a group of individuals
  7. 16. all the people born and living at the same time
  8. 17. patterns of inheritance of specific traits
  9. 22. study of history of life on earth
  10. 26. group of one species
  11. 27. preserved traces or remains
  12. 28. the ability for an organism to pass on genetics
  13. 29. group of islands
  14. 31. variety
  15. 33. selective breeding process
  16. 38. a change or difference in condition
  17. 39. different ways of mass extinction
  18. 41. an agreement or settlement
  19. 42. the idea that species change overtime
  20. 45. each generation producing more offspring than the environment can support
  21. 46. compromises the brain and spinal chord that is modified into the central nervous system
  22. 47. structures in embryonic development of vertebrates
Down
  1. 1. structures with no functions related to their ancestors
  2. 2. alteration in nucleic acid
  3. 3. a direct line of decent within a group
  4. 4. being in serious risk of extinction
  5. 6. seed eating bird
  6. 7. species that are similar in function but not structure
  7. 9. dna sequence that resembles a gene
  8. 10. a related group of living things
  9. 12. environment a species lives in
  10. 15. carfully thought out explanations for observations
  11. 18. biological inheritance proposed by gregor mendel
  12. 19. a branch of biology that covers the distribution of plants and animals
  13. 20. dna sequence
  14. 21. skeletal bone that supports the body
  15. 23. understanding the functions, features, and structure of dna
  16. 24. a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another
  17. 25. second highest rank below domain
  18. 30. the gradual development of something
  19. 32. gradual reform of something
  20. 33. the act or process of adapting
  21. 34. animals with a notochord
  22. 35. two or more dna sequences all at one gene
  23. 36. English naturalist who invented the theory of biological evolution
  24. 37. a descendent
  25. 40. a role an organism plays in a community
  26. 43. having no living members
  27. 44. the preservation of the early stages in an animals time