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