Across
- 1. 13) a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- 3. 23)an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- 4. 27)the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- 8. 5)a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- 9. 26)something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
- 11. 4)an event or process that leads to a result or change
- 14. specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- 16. 29)to stay alive
- 17. 10)a characteristic that all members of a species have
- 20. 3)a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- 23. 9)everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- 25. 30)a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- 27. 1)a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- 28. 31)any difference in traits between individual organisms
- 29. 18)a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- 30. 14) to receive genes from a parent
- 31. trait 17)a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- 32. 19)an organism produced as a result of reproduction
Down
- 2. 28)a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- 5. 25)a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- 6. 16)the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- 7. 8) a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- 10. 11)an instruction for making a protein molecule
- 12. 2)related organism from a previous generation
- 13. 6)the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- 15. 22)an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- 18. 7)a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- 19. 21)a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- 21. 24)an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- 22. 20)living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- 24. 15)a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- 26. 12)a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
