This easy crossword puzzle helps kids in grades 3-5 learn about protein synthesis and DNA basics with common words and simple clues.
Evolution and Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle for Middle School is a medium crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Evolution and Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle for Middle School
Challenge your knowledge of evolution and natural selection with this medium-difficulty crossword puzzle. Perfect for middle school students learning key biology concepts.
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- 1. Characteristic or feature of an organism
- 2. An organism that comes from an ancestor
- 4. Group of organisms of the same species living together
- 5. Differences within a population
- 6. Traits capable of being passed to offspring
- 7. Diagram showing evolutionary relationships
- 8. Continued existence despite challenges or competition
- 10. Different forms of a gene
- 12. Preserved remains or impressions of ancient organisms
- 15. Type of selection driven by the environment
- 18. Units of heredity passed from parents to offspring
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- 3. Scientist who proposed the theory of natural selection
- 9. Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
- 11. Trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
- 13. Measure of an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce
- 14. Passing traits from ancestor to descendant
- 16. Process of choosing which traits are advantageous
- 17. A change in DNA that can lead to variation
- 19. Process by which species change over time
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