Chapter 7

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
r i f i c i l
Contrived by art rather than nature
2.
e l e i o n
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
3.
a t u r l
Someone regarded as certain to succeed
4.
i e c n o l o g y
The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific
5.
f i n e s
The quality of being suitable
6.
m o c u l t e
7.
s u c t r a l
8.
r e s r e
Force pushing on something
9.
e x n c t
No longer in existence
10.
x t a n
11.
a d a t i o n
The responsive adjustment of a sense organ to varying conditions
12.
m i i c y
13.
v a r a t i
An instance of change
14.
m t a i o
Any event that changes genetic structure
15.
a m u f l a e
An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
16.
o p l a t o n
17.
n h e r t
To obtain from someone after their death
18.
n d v d u a l
19.
r i t
A distinguishing feature of your personal nature
20.
a l e e
Either of a pair of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular
21.
c a n g
To make something different
22.
v i o n m n t
The natural world around us
23.
c a r a t i s i c s
A prominent attribute or aspect of something (plural)
24.
c o m p t i o
A business relation in which two parties ___ to gain customers