Adaptations, Natural Selection, and Selective Breeding

The purpose of selective breeding is to 

• Get bigger animals
• get smaller animals
• create animals with desirable traits
• create animals with bad traits

It is very common for yellow labs to have bad hips. This is because owners want purebred yellow labs who are good hunting dogs.  This is an example of 

• Natural Selection
• Selective breeding
• Mitosis
• Fossil Record

Some lizards have different size legs.  Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food.  Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common.
what is the successful reproduction

• Lizards
• long legs
• Leg size 
• food

Some lizards have different size legs.  Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food.  Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common.
what is the struggle to survive?

• lizards
• long legs
• food
• leg sizes

The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.

• Gene Therapy
• Genome
• Selective Breeding
• Pedigree

What island did Charles Darwin visit on the HMS Beagle?

• guam
• starbucks
• galapgos island
• puerto rico

Which finch would present the least competition for the Vegetarian Finch?

• Woodpecker Finch
• Medium Ground Finch
• Warbler Finch
• Small Tree Finch

What is selective breeding?

• tim hortons
• selecting a species to breed with 
• selecting a species to eat

What gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution

• wikipedia
• finches
• coffee

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

• Populations can survive in different locations on earth
• Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth
• Populations grow when resources are abundant
• The traits of a species can change over time