Evolution Vocab Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 2) selection that favors the middle, or intermediate, phenotype4) a measure of the ability to survive and reproduce5) when unrelated species evolve similar characteristics7) a group of organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring8) the ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next9) isolation caused by physical barriers12) a measure of how common an allele is in a population13) the movement of alleles from one population to another14) traces of organisms that existed in the past16) members of different populations can no longer mate successfully17) occurs when a trait increases mating success, and gets passed on to the next generation18) the frequency is highest for the middle, or mean phenotype, and lowest at the two ends, or extreme phenotypes20) long periods of little change are interrupted by shorter periods of intense evolutionary events23) isolation caused when timing prevents reproduction between populations25) a process in which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring than do other individuals30) all the individuals of a species that live in an area31) the permanent loss of species from Earth Across: 1) features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and may have different functions3) genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals begin to live in a new area6) structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin10) isolation caused by differences in courtship and mating behaviors11) selection that favors both extreme phenotypes15) differences in the physical traits among individuals in a group of organisms19) made up of all of the alleles of all of the individuals in a population21) when closely related species evolve in different directions and become increasingly different22) humans select individuals with the traits they desire and then breed hem to produce more individuals with those traits24) process of one species becoming two or more separate species26) five conditions that mean a population isn't evolving27) the study of fossils or extinct organisms28) small leftover organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor29) the idea that past natural disasters shaped landforms, and cause caused species to become extinct in the process32) evolution splits one species into a number of different species each adapted to a different environment33) genetic drift that occurs after a population has been greatly reduced in size34) the observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over time35) a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment36) changes in allele frequencies that are due to chance37) the idea that the same processes that shaped landforms in the past also shape landforms today38) the study of the distribution of organisms around the world39) selection that favors a phenotype at one end, or extreme, of a range
 

 

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