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6. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
10. trait a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
13. is a way of hiding by looking the same as the background chromosome a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
14. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
15. to stay alive
17. selection the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
19. to receive genes from a parent
22. any difference in traits between individual organisms
24. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
26. a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

1. a characteristic that all members of a species have
2. everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
3. version a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
4. a specific characteristic of an individual organism
5. pressure something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
7. reproduction the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
8. related organism from a previous generation camouflage way of hiding by looking the same as the background
9. a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
11. trait: a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
12. the number of individuals with each trait in a population distribution the number of individuals with each trait in a population
16. molecule a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
18. an instruction for making a protein molecule
20. a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
21. a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
23. a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
25. an organism produced as a result of reproduction