Natural Selection Vocabulary

2. A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive
5. to receive genetic information from a parent.
7. a change in a species over a long period due to natural selection.
10. Everything that surrounds an organism
13. a characteristic of an individual organism
14. a random change to a gene that sometimes causes a new trait.
17. An adaptation that is an action that benefits survival
18. a trait that makes it less likely for an organism to survive and reproduce.
20. A piece of DNA that codes for many genes
21. a group of organism of the same kind
22. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
23. an organism that is produced by reproduction

1. a characteristic that all members of a species have
3. the number of individuals with a specific trait in a population
4. an instruction for making a protein molecule, leading to a physical trait.
6. a group of the same type of organism living in an area
8. A related organism from a previous generation
9. something in the environment that affects an individuals chances of surviving.
11. a molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
12. the process by which traits change in a population over many generations.
15. a group of individuals born at the same time
16. A way of hiding by blending into the background
19. any differences between organisms.
24. an adaptation that is a physical trait on an organism that helps them survive