Fast and Curious Natural Selection and Adaptations

The abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material

• DNA

• Nucleotide

• RNA

• Natural Selection

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

• DNA

• Nucleotide

• Transcription

• Replication

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

• Transcription

• Variation

• Replication

• Mutation

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

• RNA

• DNA

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

The process of making mRNA (Messenger Ribonucleic acid) from DNA.

• Translation

• Mutation

• Variation

• Transcription

The process of making a protein from RNA.

• Transcription

• Translation

• Mutation

• Variation

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

• Mutation

• Variation

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

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

• Mutation

• Selective Breeding

• Variation

• Adaptation

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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.

• Variation

• Camouflage

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

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

• Adaptation

• Camouflage

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

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