Natural Selection Vocabulary
Across
- 2. A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive
- 5. to receive genetic information from a parent.
- 7. a change in a species over a long period due to natural selection.
- 10. Everything that surrounds an organism
- 13. a characteristic of an individual organism
- 14. a random change to a gene that sometimes causes a new trait.
- 17. An adaptation that is an action that benefits survival
- 18. a trait that makes it less likely for an organism to survive and reproduce.
- 20. A piece of DNA that codes for many genes
- 21. a group of organism of the same kind
- 22. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
- 23. an organism that is produced by reproduction
Down
- 1. a characteristic that all members of a species have
- 3. the number of individuals with a specific trait in a population
- 4. an instruction for making a protein molecule, leading to a physical trait.
- 6. a group of the same type of organism living in an area
- 8. A related organism from a previous generation
- 9. something in the environment that affects an individuals chances of surviving.
- 11. a molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- 12. the process by which traits change in a population over many generations.
- 15. a group of individuals born at the same time
- 16. A way of hiding by blending into the background
- 19. any differences between organisms.
- 24. an adaptation that is a physical trait on an organism that helps them survive