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

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