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

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