Adaptations and Survival Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• adaptation : a heritable trait that helps and organism survive and reproduce in its habitat
• habitat : the environment in which an organism naturally lives
• variation : differences among organisms of the same species
• reproduce : creating the next generation of a species
• structural adaptation : a physical trait of an organism that helps it survive
• behavioral adaptation : a way an organism acts that helps if survive
• exaptation : a trait that helps with one challenge and ends up helping with a different challenge as well
• vestigial structure : a left-over structure that no longer serves a purpose in the organisms habitat
• environment : the place that an organism naturally lives; another term for habitat
• speciation : occurs when one species splits into two different species
• isolation : when one species is separated from other groups
• oceania : that area of the world that includes australia and new zealand
• marsupial : a type of mammal that carry their young in pouches
• coadaptation : when two organisms adapt together
• mimicry : when one organism resembles another