Natural Selection- Amplify

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Across
  1. 1. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  2. 5. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
  3. 7. a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
  4. 9. a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
  5. 11. an event or process that leads to a result or change
  6. 12. a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
  7. 15. something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
  8. 18. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
  9. 19. a related organism from a previous generation
  10. 20. to receive genes from a parent
  11. 21. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
  12. 22. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
  13. 24. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  14. 25. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations)that do not reproduce
  15. 27. any difference in traits between individual organisms
  16. 28. a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
  17. 29. a characteristic that all members of a species have
  18. 30. a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
  19. 31. a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  20. 32. the number of individuals with each trait in a population
Down
  1. 2. the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
  2. 3. an instruction for making a protein molecule
  3. 4. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
  4. 6. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
  5. 8. a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
  6. 10. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
  7. 13. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  8. 14. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  9. 16. the dying out of a species
  10. 17. the process in which two parents pass on thier genes to create offspring
  11. 23. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
  12. 25. to stay alive
  13. 26. a group of individuals born and living at about the same time