Test Review: Variation and Adaptation

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Across
  1. 5. A state of lowered body activity some animals go through in winter months
  2. 7. Natural Selection occurs over many _____
  3. 10. A part of some plants that grows underground. It is used as food(energy) storage for the plant during cold seasons
  4. 11. ______________ adaptations are ACTIONS organisms do for survival
  5. 12. Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
  6. 14. Differences in traits in a population of organisms
  7. 17. A _____ key helps scientists identify and classify organisms based on likenesses and differences
  8. 19. To _____ means to change
  9. 20. Another term for selective breeding
  10. 21. Charles _____ was an English scientist who developed the Theory of Evolution by observing bird beaks
  11. 22. The deliberate breeding of plant or animals for desired traits
Down
  1. 1. The movement of animals bases on seasonal temperature change
  2. 2. _____ might use selective breeding to increase the amount of food their crops produce
  3. 3. Both NS and SB allow a species to _____ over a period of time
  4. 4. The process by which organisms with traits best suited for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
  5. 6. Most birds have _____ _____ to make them lightweight for flying
  6. 8. A structure of fish that allows to survive by taking oxygen through the water
  7. 9. Darwin observed adaptations on these islands
  8. 13. An adaptation that is a physical feature of the organism
  9. 15. Bird beaks vary in size and shape, depending on the _____ available in their environment
  10. 16. A error when DNA is copied during reproduction, it causes a change in the organism
  11. 18. Blending in with the environment to avoid detection