Unscramble Letters Evolution Vocab Word ScrambleOnline version Use the definitions to help you unscramble the vocab words by Brittany Wallace 1 A process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution N A S L E T E A L C U T O R N I 2 A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment A A I T T P O N A D 3 A variation of a gene for a specific trait; Example: A or a E A L L E L 4 A group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring S E I C S P E 5 The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise E O O U L N T I V 6 A genetically determined characteristic T T I A R 7 A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area A L N P P T U I O O 8 All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor I T R E O G N E N A 9 The range of possibilities for a trait that can be passed to an offspring N N C T E A I E A V O G I R I T 10 An organism’s ability to survive and reproduce E S S I N F T 11 Any component of an ecosystem that can slow the growth of a population I G T I A N F M O R T C I L