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

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