Category 3-5 STAAR Review Word Assocation

Natural selection produces change in the ______

• individual

• population

• DNA

change over time

• mutation

• evolution

• transport

• homeostasis

variation / diversity

• differences in DNA

• same DNA

• identical genomes

• different behaviors

adaptation

• random events that kill individuals

• change over time

• trait / characteristics that helps organism survive

• migration from one population to the next

Advantageous genes that

help organisms survive in an environment are passed onto the next

generation while harmful genes are eliminated

• mutations

• gene flow

• genetic drift

• natural selection

migration

• natural selection

• gene flow

• genetic drift

• mutations

which two mechanisms (ways) of evolution increase genetic variation?

• mutation

• gene flow

• natural selection

• genetic drift

reproductive success / the ability to survive and reproduce

• natural selection

• fitness

• adaptation

change in DNA

• mutation

• gene

• transcription

• translation

what two taxas makes the scientific name of organisms?

• kingdom

• family

• genus

• species