Natural and Artificial Selection

Natural and Artificial Selection

Multiple Choice

What is the best summary of artificial selection?

• Survival of the Fittest

• Genetic engineering

• Humans breeding for traits

• Fake selecting

Multiple Choice

Why is artificial selection important to our understanding of evolution?

• Shows that animals can change

• It is proof that evolution does not occur

• Natural selection and Artificial selection are opposites

• It helps increase genetic diversity

Why do we discuss artificial selection?

-Artificial selection is caused by humans selecting traits

- One of Darwins observations was that pigeons were changed over generations.

- He concluded other animals may also change, but were caused by forces of nature

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between natural selection and artificial selection?

• The animals that it can work on

• The forces that cause change

• Artificial selection uses genetic engineering

• Nothing