Artificial Selection Quiz

What is selective breeding?

• Where humans develop plants and animals with certain genetic characteristics

• Where humans develop plants with certain genetic characteristics

• Where humans develop animals with certain genetic characteristics

• None of the above

What is the primary goal of selective breeding?

• To increase genetic diversity

• To develop organisms with specific traits

• To eliminate all genetic mutations

• To create new species

What do we call the genes in an individual?

• Phenotype

• Makeup

• Genotype

• Genetics

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What do we call the outward appearance of genes?

• Genetics

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Outward appearance

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What is the first step in selective breeding?

• Choose an environment best suited to the alleles

• Choose a population

• Always find the largest animal

• Choose parents with the desired characteristics

What is the second step of selective breeding?

• Breed parents from different species together

• Breed parents from different kingdoms together

• Breed random parents together

• Breed the desired parents together

What is the third step of selective breeding?

• Choose the offspring without desired characteristics

• Choose the offspring with the desired characteristics and breed them

• Always find the largest animal

• Choose the parents with the desired characteristics and breed them

What is the fourth step of selective breeding?

• Always find the largest animal

• Continue over a few generations until most offspring show the characteristic

• Stop after one generation

• Continue over many generations until all offspring show the characteristic

What is selective breeding also called?

• Genetic modification

• Artificial selection

• Respiration

• Genetic engineering

Why is selective breeding also called artificial selection?

• As the environment provides the selection pressure

• As humans, rather than the environment, provide the selection

• As there is no selection pressure from humans

• As no evolution takes place

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