Natural Selection
Across
- 3. The amount of individuals with each trait in a population.
- 5. A large type of molecule that inside an organism performs important function.
- 10. Anything living like bacteria, plants, and animals.
- 13. A trait that makes it likely that an individual can survive in a certain setting.
- 15. The act of staying alive.
- 17. To recieve genes from a parent.
- 19. Any differences in traits between indivisual organisms.
- 20. A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of.
- 21. A certain trait of an indivisual organisms.
- 23. A young insect that looks differentely from the adult.
- 25. A group of the same type of organism living in the same area.
- 26. Two parents pass on their genes to create an offspring.
- 27. A way of blending in by looking similar to a background.
- 28. An indivisuals chances of surviving are affected by something in the enviroment.
- 29. Based on what you already know an idea about whats going to happen.
- 30. A affiliated organism from a previous generation.
Down
- 1. A new trait formed by a result of a random change to a gene.
- 2. The process in which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- 4. Bars on a graph that show characteristics are distributed within a group.
- 6. A large sample of DNA that contains many genes.
- 7. The end result of an event or process.
- 8. To get food the animal hunts and kills.
- 9. Anything and everything that encircles an organism.
- 11. At about the same time a group of indivisuals are born and living.
- 12. The result of reproduction which end with an organism being produced.
- 14. A certain form of gene that provides instruction when making a specific protein molecule.
- 16. Protein molecule making instructions.
- 18. A characteristic that all members of a species have.
- 22. Organisms of the same kind that do not reproduce with other kinds.
- 24. A trait that makes it less likely an indivisual will survive in an enviroment.
- 27. A process that then leads to a change or result.
- 29. An animal thats hunted and killed by another animal.