Across
- 4. hot molten or semifluid rock
- 6. is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence
- 7. the basic physical and functional unit of heredity
- 10. the change in heritable characteristics
- 11. substance that has mass and takes up space
- 15. gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
- 16. the ability to do work
- 18. the worldwide sum of all ecosystems
- 20. self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms
Down
- 1. long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
- 2. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- 3. the distance over which the wave's shape repeats
- 5. method of transmitting information using a series of dots, dashes, and spaces
- 8. the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth
- 9. a disturbance or variation that transfers energy progressively from point to point
- 12. the SI unit of power
- 13. the introduction of harmful materials into the environment
- 14. combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet
- 17. distinct variant of a phenotypic characteristic
- 19. action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material
