Scientific Investigation

4. A disorder of the metabolism causing excessive thirst and the production of large amounts of urine.
6. Occurs when the environment changes and the adaptations of a species are no longer sufficient for its survival.
8. An inherited trait that helps an organism survive.
9. Diagram that shows hoe energy moves from one feeding level to the next in a food chain.
12. A group of organs and nerves that gather,interpret,and respond to information.
13. The process of how organisms acquire adaptations over time.

1. A unit that determines traits.
2. A group of living things and their surroundings.
3. An ancient supercontinent that broke apart to form today's continents.
5. An organism from which others have descended.
7. The process by which organisms with favorable adaptations survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms with less-favorable adaptations.
10. (Deoxyribonucleic acid), a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes.
11. A set traits an organism receives from its parents.