Natural Selection Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. A trait that increases the chance of survival.
  2. 6. When something is passed down from generation to generation.
  3. 7. A graph that shows the variation of a specific trait.
  4. 9. To stay alive.
  5. 12. A group of organisms living in the same area.
  6. 13. A trait that allows an organism to hide and be undetected in an environment.
  7. 14. A trait that allows an organism to mimic another organism to survive.
Down
  1. 1. An organism that eats another organism.
  2. 2. The number of individuals with each trait in a population.
  3. 3. How spread out a trait is on a histogram.
  4. 5. When an organism makes another of that organism, like having a baby.
  5. 8. A random change to a gene that sometimes causes it to change.
  6. 10. Multiple populations living in the same area.
  7. 11. A specific quality, characteristic, or look of an organism (ex. fur length).
  8. 12. An organism that is eaten by another organism.