Natural Selection

1. an instruction for making a protein molecule
3. a characteristic that all members of a species have
7. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
8. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
9. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
11. a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
13. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
14. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms

2. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
4. a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
5. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
6. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
10. any difference in traits between individual organisms
12. an event or process that leads to a result or change