Speciation Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A group of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
  2. 4. When a mountain, river, or ocean divides a population so that groups of the same species cannot meet or breed together.
  3. 7. The variety of different species and living things found in an environment or on Earth.
  4. 8. The preserved remains of a plant or animal from long ago that helps scientists learn about life in the past.
  5. 9. When a species dies out completely and no members of that species exist anymore.
  6. 10. A characteristic or feature of a living thing, such as eye color, beak shape, or size.
Down
  1. 2. The process where animals with traits that help them survive in their environment are more likely to have babies and pass those helpful traits to their offspring.
  2. 3. The process by which one species slowly becomes two different species over a very long time.
  3. 5. A group of living things that can breed together and have babies that can also breed.
  4. 6. The process of change in living things over long periods of time, where species develop new traits and adapt to their environments.