Natural Selection
Across
- 3. The process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule
- 4. The biological and chemical methods that change the arrangement of DNA the makes up a gene
- 8. The process of making a protein from RNA
- 9. a molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group
- 11. The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits
- 14. A permanent change in the sequence of DNA
Down
- 1. An inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment
- 2. The process of making mRNA from DNA
- 5. The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, a reproduce more than those that do not have the variation
- 6. Ribonucleic acid, a type of nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm
- 7. An adaptation that enables a species to blend in with it's environment
- 10. An adaptation in which one species looks like another species
- 12. The abbreviation for dioxyribonucleic acid, and organisms genetic material
- 13. A slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species