Natural Selection Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. a group of organisms living in the same area
  2. 6. a type of molecule that genes are made of
  3. 10. an organism produced as a result of reproduction
  4. 13. a trait that makes it less likely for an individual to survive
  5. 14. a young insect that looks different from its adult
  6. 15. the number of people with a trait
  7. 18. a type of large molecule that performs important functions
  8. 19. a result of change
  9. 21. a related organism
  10. 23. a way of blending into the background
  11. 24. an animal that is hunted by another animal
  12. 25. a specific characteristic
  13. 26. a graph that uses bars to show characteristics
  14. 28. any difference in traits between organisms
  15. 29. instructions for making a protein molecule
  16. 30. everything that surrounds an organism
  17. 31. a random change to a gene
Down
  1. 1. an animal that hunts other animals
  2. 2. living things
  3. 3. something that effects the chances of survival
  4. 4. to stay alive
  5. 7. distribution of traits in a population that changes over generations
  6. 8. the process by which offspring is created
  7. 9. an event that results in change
  8. 11. a characteristic that a species all has
  9. 12. a group of people living at the same time
  10. 16. a group of organisms of the same kind
  11. 17. a piece of dna that contains genes
  12. 18. an educated guess
  13. 20. a trait that makes an individual more likely to survive
  14. 22. instructions for making a particular protein molecule version
  15. 27. to receive genes from relatives