Across
- 2. a period of arrested growth and development to escape adverse environmental conditions (adaptive mechanism)
- 3. Teeth - ingestion ( biting ) , chewing
- 6. underground shoots containing swollen leaves that store food
- 12. absorb water and nutrients, anchor the plant, store food energy
- 13. a change in structure or habits (behavior), often hereditary, by which an organism improves its condition in relationship to its environment
- 14. process by which organisms change over time as those with traits best suited to an environment pass on their traits to the next generation
- 16. a part or group of parts of an organism
- 18. all the members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time
- 19. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals
- 21. the movement of organisms from one place to another
- 23. excretory, endocrine, nervous systems
- 25. Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.
- 27. advertise the species' sexual attraction and physical condition, usually of males.
Down
- 1. balance photosynthetic light capture, water conservation, and thermoregulation.
- 4. an adaptation to the structure of living organisms
- 5. A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat
- 7. ingestion ( licking ) , taste , pushes food back to initiate swallowing
- 8. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
- 9. an adaptation in the way in which a living organism or body part functions
- 10. an adaptation in response to stimuli
- 11. what something is used for; purpose
- 15. behavioral characteristics or physical attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and / or influenced by the environment
- 17. unconscious protective behaviors designed to reduce anxiety
- 20. one step in the line of descent of a family
- 22. Animals that carry pollen from one flower to another
- 24. most have flat, nocturnal species have tubular-shaped, spherical/globose-shaped, common in daylight hunters
- 26. differences in behavioral or physical traits observed among individuals within a population of organism