Biology Vocabulary

2. parts of a chromosome that are transferred from parent to offspring and contain information about that organism's traits
4. an individual living thing
5. all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area
8. evidence of the remains of an organism that died a long time ago
11. a slow change in something over a long period of time
12. an early type of living thing from which others have evolved
13. observable characteristic like eye color or size
14. the compound that plants use to absorb energy from light
15. an organisms capacity to survive and reproduce in a given environment
17. the type of cell that contains a cell wall
18. a damaged DNA gene that alters the message carried by the gene

1. scientist known for the Theory of Evolution
3. how a plant makes its food
6. the smallest basic unit of life
7. threadlike structures of DNA
8. the part of the cell that creates movement within the cell
9. the outer covering of a cell that controls what moves in and out
10. a special skill that helps a living thing survive in its own environment
16. a group of living things that are related in many ways