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