natural selection

Sequence of DNA that determines structures of proteins

• Mutation

• Gene

• Molecule

• Protein

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Complex molecules that are responsible for traits

• Protein

• Sugar

• Genes

• H2O

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The way in which traits are shared in the population

• Predominant

• Resistance

• Distribution

• Heritable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The ability to be unaffected by something usually harmful

• Resistance

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

Changes in a species over generations, due to changes in the environment

• Distribution

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Resistance

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Process in which traits become more/less common due to some traits making it more likely for individuals to survive and reproduce

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

• Distribution

• Adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A random and permanent change to a gene

• Protein

• Gene

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What needs to be true for adaptation to occur?

• A trait exists in a population

• Organism's ability to survive and reproduce are increased

• Trait is heritable

• The trait needs to be predominant in a population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why/how do population change over time?

• The environment changes

• There is a heritable trait which doesn't help survival

• Natural selection causes a trait to become more common in the population

• The organism decides to have a mutation occur

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Mutations happen

• when the environment changes

• when the animal needs to adapt

• at random

• after adaptation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2