BIOLOGY: Evolution Crossword (vocab. from week 1 lectures)
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2. Mode of selection which removes
the extreme variants within a
population.
5. Overarching explanation for a
collection of phenomenon
7. The development of an individual
9. The main person credited for
Evolutionary theory is Charles Erasmus
_______.
11. The _____ hypothesis is the
prediction that there is no difference
between two treatments in an
experiment.
12. A proposed explanation for a
phenomenon or scientific problem that
must be tested by experiment
13. The precise genetic constitution of
an individual.
14. The measurable characteristics of
an individual resulting from the
interaction of genes and environment
1. The evolutionary history and line of
descent of a species or higher
taxonomic group.
3. Study of the geographical
distribution of biological organisms.
4. Mode of selection which favours a
variant within a population.
6. Process of preferential survival,
where by individuals that are better
adapted survive and successfully
reproduce.
8. Mode of selection which favours the
extreme variants within a population
10. Resemblance due to common
descent.
KEY TO ANSWERS
ACROSS
DOWN
2. Mode of selection which removes
the extreme variants within a
population. STABILISING
5. Overarching explanation for a
collection of phenomenon. THEORY
7. The development of an individual.
ONTOGENY
9. The main person credited for
Evolutionary theory is Charles Erasmus
_______. DARWIN
11. The _____ hypothesis is the
prediction that there is no difference
between two treatments in an
experiment. NULL
12. A proposed explanation for a
phenomenon or scientific problem that
must be tested by experiment.
HYPOTHESIS
13. The precise genetic constitution of
an individual. GENOTYPE
14. The measurable characteristics of
an individual resulting from the
interaction of genes and environment
PHENOTYPE
1. The evolutionary history and line of
descent of a species or higher
taxonomic group. PHYLOGENY
3. Study of the geographical
distribution of biological organisms.
BIOGEOGRAPHY
4. Mode of selection which favours a
variant within a population.
DIRECTIONAL
6. Process of preferential survival,
where by individuals that are better
adapted survive and successfully
reproduce. NATURAL SELECTION
8. Mode of selection which favours the
extreme variants within a population.
DISRUPTIVE
10. Resemblance due to common
descent. HOMOLOGY