Vocab
A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific enviorment
Adaptive trait
A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made out of
DNA
a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
Histogram
a young insect that looks somewhat different than the adult
nymph
a way of hiding and blending in
Camouflage
a result or change that happens because of an event or process
effect
To receive from a parent
inherit
If you want to study a trait over time what would you need from a population?
A large group with multiple generations in it
an event process that leads to a result or change
What is cause?
Every living and nonliving that surrounds an organism
Enviorment
a random change to a gene that looks somewhat different from the adult
Mutations
something in a environment that affects an individual's changes of surviving
preassure
a related organism from a previous generation
Ancestor🧍💁
a characteristic that all members of a species have
a feature
the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
Natural selection
Where does an organism's trait come from
Their inherited information
A long piece of DNA that contains many genes
chromosome
an instruction for making a protein molecule
gene
a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific enviornment
non-adaptive trait