5.1 Flashcardizz

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The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

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Artificial selection

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What is an example of artificial selection?

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Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

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Artificial selection is also known as

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selective breeding

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Are all mutations bad?

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No

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

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Natural Selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't.

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nature

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment? Options: Dark moth, Light moth, Both will be equally successful, Neither will be successful

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Dark moth

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Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

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Artificial Selection

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An error in DNA copying that results in a new trait

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Mutation