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

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