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

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