Evidence of Evolution Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• absolute dating : estimating the age of rocks or fossils in (millions of) years
• adaptation : process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment through natural selection
• bio geography : study of where in the world plants and animals live
• cladogram : diagram used to represent a hypothetical relationship between groups of animals, called a phylogeny.
• comparative morphology : comparing structures of two different species
• embryology : study of formation and development of an embryo and foetus
• epoch : unit of geological time during with a rock series is deposited
• evolution : any change in the heritable characteristics of a population
• fossilization : process of forming a fossil from a living organism
• half life : decaying of radioactive isotopes to form stable atoms
• phylogeny : hypothetical relationship between groups of organisms being compared
• sedimentary rock : formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of one-living organisms
• species : group of genetically similar organisms that can potentially interbreed to produce viable offspring(s)
• strata : horizontal layers, or beds present in sedimentary rocks
• divergent evolution : occurs when one ancestral species evolves into one or more new species
• trace fossil : preserved impressions of an organism