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WorksheetsUnit 6: Natural Selection
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Adaptive Trait
Variation
Species
Population
a related organism from a previous generation
Ancestor
Generation
Fossil
Species
a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
Camoflauge
Adaptive Trait
Gene
Mutation
an event or process that leads to a result or change
Cause
Effect
Climate Change
Prediction
a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
Chromosome
Organism
DNA
Gene
changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities
Climate Change
Adaptation
Natural Selection
Extinction
the number of individuals with each trait in a population
Distribution
Population
Feature
Inherit
a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
DNA
Trait
Feature
Organism
a result or change that happens because of an event or process
Effect
Cause
Histogram
Prediction
everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
Environment
Organism
Population
Human Activities
having died out completely and no longer alive anywhere on Earth
Extinct
Fossil
Ancestor
Adaptation
a characteristic that all members of a species have
Feature
Gene
Camoflauge
Offspring
evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
Fossil
Trait
Variation
Prediction
an instruction for making a protein molecule
Gene
DNA
Trait
Variation
a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
Gene Version (allele)
Histogram
Mutation
Nymph
a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
Generation
Population
Distribution
Species
a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
Histogram
Prediction
Variation
Generation
things people do that affect the Earth system
Human Activities
Climage Change
Mass Extinction
Natural Selection
to receive genes from a parent
Inherit
Mutation
Generation
Offspring
when a huge number of species on Earth die out completely around the same time
Mass Extinction
Fossil
Nymph
Prey
a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
Mutation
Adaptive Trait
Gene Version (allele)
Feature
the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
Natural Selection
Mutation
Survive
Inherit
a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Non-adaptive Trait
Fossil
Extinct
Predator
a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
Nymph
Offspring
Organism
Generation
an organism produced as a result of reproduction
Offspring
Generation
Predator
Prey
living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
Organisms
Predators
Prey
Nymph
a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
Population
Environment
Generation
Species
an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
Predator
Species
Prey
Fossil
an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
Prediction
Cause
Effect
Feature
an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
Prey
Predator
Species
Offspring
a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
Protein Molecule
DNA
Gene
Chromosome
something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
Selection Pressure
Natural Selection
Adaptive Trait
Mutation
the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
Sexual Reproduction
Ancestor
Extinct
Distribution
a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
Species
Population
Organism
Environment
to stay alive
Survive
Adaptive Trait
Mass Extinction
Variation
a specific characteristic of an individual organism
Trait
Camoflauge
Selection Pressure
Ancestor
any difference in traits between individual organisms
Variation
Fossil
DNA
Sexual Reproduction
