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

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