Evolution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (9)
  2. 4. The sequence of events involved in the ___ development of a species or taxonomic group (9)
  3. 7. All the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is (8)
  4. 9. Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (4)
  5. 11. Coins collectively (plural) (7)
  6. 12. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  7. 15. The means of connection between things ___ in series (4)
  8. 16. Conformity to reality or actuality (5)

Down

  1. 1. Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food (4)
  2. 2. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment (9)
  3. 5. The first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation (7)
  4. 6. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  5. 8. A person who grows or makes or invents things (7)
  6. 10. To fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind (7)
  7. 13. A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area (6)
  8. 14. A traditional story accepted as history (4)