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

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