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