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WorksheetsNatural Selection Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A trait that makes it more likely an organism will survive in a specific environment.
a)
adaptive trait
b)
non-adaptive trait
c)
neutral trait
d)
variation
2.
A way of hiding by looking the same as the background environment.
a)
camouflage
b)
distribution
c)
variation
d)
feature
3.
a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
a)
chromosome
b)
feature
c)
trait
d)
histogram
4.
any difference in traits between individual organisms
a)
variation
b)
species
c)
organisms
d)
offspring
5.
a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
a)
feature
b)
mutation
c)
inherit
d)
generation
6.
a graph that shows how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
a)
distribution
b)
histogram
c)
natural selection
d)
prediction
7.
the number of individuals with each trait within a population
a)
distribution
b)
inherit
c)
prediction
d)
DNA
8.
A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
a)
DNA
b)
chromosome
c)
gene
d)
offspring
9.
a specific characteristic of an individual organism
ex: hair color
ex: hair color
a)
trait
b)
DNA
c)
chromosome
d)
variation
10.
an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
species
d)
offspring
11.
The process by which the distribution of traits changes over many generations.
a)
natural selection
b)
offspring
c)
species
d)
variation
12.
an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
organism
d)
offspring
13.
a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
a)
population
b)
species
c)
natural selection
d)
organisms
14.
a trait that makes it less likely that an organism will survive in a specific environment
a)
adaptive trait
b)
non-adaptive trait
c)
neutral trait
d)
mutation
15.
to receive genes from parents
a)
inherit
b)
mutation
c)
DNA
d)
adaptive trait
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