EnvironmentEverything(living andnonliving) thatsurrounds anorganism  ProteinmoleculeA type of largemolecule thatperformsimportantfunctions insideorganismsSurviveTo stayalivePredatorAn animal thathunts and killsother animalsfor food  InheritTo receivegenes froma parent  AdaptivetraitA trait that makesit more likely thatin individual willsurvive in aspecificenvironmentDNAA type ofmolecule thatgenes arechromosomesare made of  ChromosomeA long pieceof DNA thatcontainsmany genes  PredictionAn idea aboutwhat mighthappen that isbased on whatyou already know  PreyAn animal thatis hunted orkilled byanother animalfor food  GeneAninstructionfor making aproteinmoleculeAncestorA relatedorganismfrom apreviousgenerationCamouflageA way ofhiding bylooking thatsame as thebackgroundTraitA specificcharacteristicof anindividualorganismDistributionThe number ofindividuals witheach trait in apopulation  CauseAn event orprocess thatleads to a resultor change  GenerationA group ofindividuals bornand living atabout the sametime  MutationA random changeto a gene thatsometimesresults in a newtrait  OrganismsLiving things,such as plants,animals, andbacteria  NaturalselectionThe process bywhich thedistribution of traitsin a populationchanges overmany generationsPopulationA group of thesame type oforganism livingin the samearea  SelectionpressureSomething in theenvironment thataffects anindividual'schances ofsurviving  Non-adaptivetraitA trait that makesit less likely thatan individual willsurvive a specificenvironment  OffspringAn organismproduced asa result ofreproduction  FeatureA characteristicthat allmembers of aspecies have  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  VariationAny differencein traitsbetweenindividualorganismsEffectThe result orchange thathappensbecause of anevent or process  EnvironmentEverything(living andnonliving) thatsurrounds anorganism  ProteinmoleculeA type of largemolecule thatperformsimportantfunctions insideorganismsSurviveTo stayalivePredatorAn animal thathunts and killsother animalsfor food  InheritTo receivegenes froma parent  AdaptivetraitA trait that makesit more likely thatin individual willsurvive in aspecificenvironmentDNAA type ofmolecule thatgenes arechromosomesare made of  ChromosomeA long pieceof DNA thatcontainsmany genes  PredictionAn idea aboutwhat mighthappen that isbased on whatyou already know  PreyAn animal thatis hunted orkilled byanother animalfor food  GeneAninstructionfor making aproteinmoleculeAncestorA relatedorganismfrom apreviousgenerationCamouflageA way ofhiding bylooking thatsame as thebackgroundTraitA specificcharacteristicof anindividualorganismDistributionThe number ofindividuals witheach trait in apopulation  CauseAn event orprocess thatleads to a resultor change  GenerationA group ofindividuals bornand living atabout the sametime  MutationA random changeto a gene thatsometimesresults in a newtrait  OrganismsLiving things,such as plants,animals, andbacteria  NaturalselectionThe process bywhich thedistribution of traitsin a populationchanges overmany generationsPopulationA group of thesame type oforganism livingin the samearea  SelectionpressureSomething in theenvironment thataffects anindividual'schances ofsurviving  Non-adaptivetraitA trait that makesit less likely thatan individual willsurvive a specificenvironment  OffspringAn organismproduced asa result ofreproduction  FeatureA characteristicthat allmembers of aspecies have  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  VariationAny differencein traitsbetweenindividualorganismsEffectThe result orchange thathappensbecause of anevent or process  

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