Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: micro : evolution that occurs on a small scale affecting a single population, gene pool : combined alleles of all individuals in a population, adaptation : a feature that allows organisms to better survive in its environment, macro : evolution that occurs on a large scale that affects changes in species across populations, genetic drift : random change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time, inheritance : traits acquired from previous generations, descent : _ modification is a change in gene frequency over time, allele : _ frequency - number of times the allele appears in a population, sexual : _ selection - selection of traits that aren't necessarily good for survival fitness but without them you can't pass on youir genes bc you can't reproduce, disruptive: _ selection - a process that splits a population into two groups, fitness : a measure of how well you can survive in your environment, natural selection : organisms with the best traits will live longer and reproduce more than others, variation : differences in the physical traits of organisms, stabilizing : _ selection - eliminates extreme expressions of a trait when the average expression leads to higher fitness, directional : _ selection - increases the expression of an extreme version of a trait in a population, gene flow : movement of genes into/out of a population