SurviveTo stayalivePredatorAn animal thathunts and killsother animalsfor food  MutationA random changeto a gene thatsometimesresults in a newtrait  PopulationA group of thesame type oforganism livingin the samearea  HistogramA graph that usesbars to show howcharacteristics orvalues aredistributed within agroup  OrganismsLiving things,such as plants,animals, andbacteria  OffspringAn organismproduced asa result ofreproduction  DistributionThe number ofindividuals witheach trait in apopulation  NaturalselectionThe process bywhich thedistribution of traitsin a populationchanges overmany generationsSelectionpressureSomething in theenvironment thataffects anindividual'schances ofsurviving  EnvironmentEverything(living andnonliving) thatsurrounds anorganism  GenerationA group ofindividuals bornand living atabout the sametime  GeneAninstructionfor making aproteinmoleculeAncestorA relatedorganismfrom apreviousgenerationTraitA specificcharacteristicof anindividualorganismAdaptivetraitA trait that makesit more likely thatin individual willsurvive in aspecificenvironmentInheritTo receivegenes froma parent  PredictionAn idea aboutwhat mighthappen that isbased on whatyou already know  FeatureA characteristicthat allmembers of aspecies have  DNAA type ofmolecule thatgenes arechromosomesare made of  CamouflageA way ofhiding bylooking thatsame as thebackgroundProteinmoleculeA type of largemolecule thatperformsimportantfunctions insideorganismsspeciesA group of organismsof the same kind (inone or morepopulations) that donot reproduce withorganisms from another group  EffectThe result orchange thathappensbecause of anevent or process  CauseAn event orprocess thatleads to a resultor change  Non-adaptivetraitA trait that makesit less likely thatan individual willsurvive a specificenvironment  PreyAn animal thatis hunted orkilled byanother animalfor food  ChromosomeA long pieceof DNA thatcontainsmany genes  VariationAny differencein traitsbetweenindividualorganismsSurviveTo stayalivePredatorAn animal thathunts and killsother animalsfor food  MutationA random changeto a gene thatsometimesresults in a newtrait  PopulationA group of thesame type oforganism livingin the samearea  HistogramA graph that usesbars to show howcharacteristics orvalues aredistributed within agroup  OrganismsLiving things,such as plants,animals, andbacteria  OffspringAn organismproduced asa result ofreproduction  DistributionThe number ofindividuals witheach trait in apopulation  NaturalselectionThe process bywhich thedistribution of traitsin a populationchanges overmany generationsSelectionpressureSomething in theenvironment thataffects anindividual'schances ofsurviving  EnvironmentEverything(living andnonliving) thatsurrounds anorganism  GenerationA group ofindividuals bornand living atabout the sametime  GeneAninstructionfor making aproteinmoleculeAncestorA relatedorganismfrom apreviousgenerationTraitA specificcharacteristicof anindividualorganismAdaptivetraitA trait that makesit more likely thatin individual willsurvive in aspecificenvironmentInheritTo receivegenes froma parent  PredictionAn idea aboutwhat mighthappen that isbased on whatyou already know  FeatureA characteristicthat allmembers of aspecies have  DNAA type ofmolecule thatgenes arechromosomesare made of  CamouflageA way ofhiding bylooking thatsame as thebackgroundProteinmoleculeA type of largemolecule thatperformsimportantfunctions insideorganismsspeciesA group of organismsof the same kind (inone or morepopulations) that donot reproduce withorganisms from another group  EffectThe result orchange thathappensbecause of anevent or process  CauseAn event orprocess thatleads to a resultor change  Non-adaptivetraitA trait that makesit less likely thatan individual willsurvive a specificenvironment  PreyAn animal thatis hunted orkilled byanother animalfor food  ChromosomeA long pieceof DNA thatcontainsmany genes  VariationAny differencein traitsbetweenindividualorganisms

Natural Selection - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. To stay alive
    Survive
  2. An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
    Predator
  3. A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
    Mutation
  4. A group of the same type of organism living in the same area
    Population
  5. A graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
    Histogram
  6. Living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
    Organisms
  7. An organism produced as a result of reproduction
    Offspring
  8. The number of individuals with each trait in a population
    Distribution
  9. The process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
    Natural selection
  10. Something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
    Selection pressure
  11. Everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
    Environment
  12. A group of individuals born and living at about the same time
    Generation
  13. An instruction for making a protein molecule
    Gene
  14. A related organism from a previous generation
    Ancestor
  15. A specific characteristic of an individual organism
    Trait
  16. A trait that makes it more likely that in individual will survive in a specific environment
    Adaptive trait
  17. To receive genes from a parent
    Inherit
  18. An idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
    Prediction
  19. A characteristic that all members of a species have
    Feature
  20. A type of molecule that genes are chromosomes are made of
    DNA
  21. A way of hiding by looking that same as the background
    Camouflage
  22. A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
    Protein molecule
  23. A group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from an other group
    species
  24. The result or change that happens because of an event or process
    Effect
  25. An event or process that leads to a result or change
    Cause
  26. A trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive a specific environment
    Non-adaptive trait
  27. An animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
    Prey
  28. A long piece of DNA that contains many genes
    Chromosome
  29. Any difference in traits between individual organisms
    Variation