Natural selection

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Across
  1. 3. version a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
  2. 6. a related organism from a previous garden
  3. 7. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  4. 8. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  5. 10. a characteristic that all members of a species have
  6. 11. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
  7. 13. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  8. 16. amphibian that produces TTX
  9. 19. a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
  10. 20. made up bird that amplify uses
  11. 21. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  12. 23. and instruction for making a protein molecule
  13. 24. an event or process that leads to a result or change
  14. 26. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  15. 27. to stay alive
  16. 29. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
  17. 30. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  18. 31. made up tree that amplify uses
  19. 33. a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
  20. 34. bird with blue feet
  21. 35. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  22. 36. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  23. 37. the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
Down
  1. 1. insect that turned black due to pollution
  2. 2. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  3. 4. a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  4. 5. to receive genes from a parent
  5. 9. something in the environment that affects an individual's chance of surviving
  6. 12. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  7. 14. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
  8. 15. a group of individual born and living at about the same time
  9. 17. living things
  10. 18. a group of organisms of the same kind
  11. 22. a trait that makes it more likely for an individual to survive in a specific environment
  12. 24. made up cat that amplify uses
  13. 25. the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
  14. 28. everything that surrounds an organism
  15. 32. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area