Natural Selection Vocab

an instruction for making a protein molecule

• generation

• gene

• variation

• trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

an event or process that leads to a result or change

• cause

• effect

• dna

• distribution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• cause

• effect

• climate change

• feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• non-adaptive trait

• feature

• dna

• adaptive trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a proposed answer to a question

• evidence

• claim

• reasoning

• proposal

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

the number of individuals with each trait in a population

• histogram

• variation

• feature

• distribution

a group of individuals born and living at about the same time

• population

• generation

• extinction

• organisms

the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations

• natural selection

• evolution

• variation

• generation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment

• adaptive trait

• predator

• species

• non-adaptive trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• generation

• inherit

• population

• environment