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

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