Across
- 4. process where organisms develop/change/diversify from earlier forms during periods of time
- 7. biologist who believed organisms changed and evolved out of need and after a change in the environment.
- 9. a genetic change that causes new and different characteristics
- 10. ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
Down
- 1. biologist who was credited for the theory of natural selection
- 2. similar in structure and origin but not similar in function
- 3. selection process where organisms are/become better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
- 5. anatomical feature that no longer seems to have a purpose on the current form of an organism
- 6. theory that evolutionary change takes place through the gradual change of populations and not by sudden production of new individuals that represent a new type
- 8. similar structures and functions in organisms but no common ancestor.