8th Grade Vocab Review: Natural Selection and Adaptations

The abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid; an organism's genetic material.

• DNA

• RNA

• translation

• transcription

A molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.

• nucleotide

• variations

• mutation

• DNA

The process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule.

• replication

• translation

• transcription

• adaptation

Ribonucleic acid; is a type of nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.

• RNA

• DNA

• nucleotide

• adaptation

The process of making mRNA from DNA.

• transcription

• translation

• mutation

• variations

The process of making a protein from RNA.

• translation

• transcription

• mutation

• adaptation

A permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome.

• mutation

• variation

• adaptation

• natural selection

A slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species.

• variation

• mutation

• adaptation

• natural selection

The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment.

• adaptation

• mimicry

• selective breeding

• mutation