Vocabulary Set #8 (Part 1): 8th Grade Integrated Science - Messana B8 Crossword

The process through which species change over time.
The creators of theories from the origin of species.
When plants or animals reproduce, it makes more offsprings than they can actually survive and reproduce.
These are naturally occurring differences in traits due to different genetic materials or due to mutations.
Inherited trait that gives and organism an advantage in its environment over other members of their species.
Members of a species that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other members of the species.
Evolution of a new species from and old species due to environmental changes.
Two populations of the same species are separated and cannot reproduce, mutations occur and there is an evolution of two different species.
A process in which breeders produce a new breed of dog by selecting dogs that have desired traits and then allowing only those individuals to mate.
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.