Natural Selection Vocab Flashcards
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a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
adaptive trait
a related organism from a previous generation
ancestor
a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
camouflage
an event or process that leads to a result or change
cause
a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
chromosome
the number of individuals with each trait in a population
distribution
a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
DNA
a result or change that happens because of an event or process
effect
everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
enviornment
a characteristic that all members of a species have
feature
an instruction for making a protein molecule
gene
a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
gene version
a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
generation
a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
histogram
to receive genes from a parent
inherit
a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
mutation
the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
natural selection
a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
non-adaptive trait
a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
nymph
an organism produced as a result of reproduction
offspring
living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
organisms
a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area
population
an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
predator
an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
prediction
