Natural Selection Review Game

Process by which a population becomes better

suited to its environment by increasing the

frequencies of alleles that provide benefits to survival

and reproduction

• Adaptation

• Trait

• Population

• Generation

A trait that is beneficial to an organism and will

likely be chosen by natural selection. (Improve their ability to survive)

• Adaptation

• Favorable Trait

• Population

• Trait

Organisms of the same species that are at the same level of

descent from a common ancestor;

• Population

• Generation

• Species

• Animal

The reproductive process involving two parents

whose genetic material is combined to produce a

new organism different from themselves

• Genetics

• Genetic Variation

• Evolution

• Population

Process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less favorable traits,

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Trait

A group of interacting individuals of the same

species located in the same area

• Generation

• Population

• Family

• Herd

A characteristic of an organism; can be genetic or

acquired

• Trait

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Species

In a snowy forest, what color would be the most favorable trait?

• White

• Brown

• Black

• Red

Does Natural selection affect populations or individuals?

• Populations

• Individuals

Natural Selection happens over a ______________?

• Long period of time

• short period of time