Selective Breeding 2018

The purpose of selective breeding is to

• get bigger animals

• get smaller animals

• create animals with desirable traits

• create animals with bad traits

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

All of the following statements are reasons for selective breeding except:

• to produce offspring with desirable characteristics

• farmers increase their profit by improving crops

• to improve the quality of food products

• to increase migration patterns

Which is another term for selective breeding?

• artificial selection

• natural Selection

• intelligent selection

The overall function of selective breeding is to

• create organisms with desirable traits

• create bigger organisms

• create smaller organisms

• create animals with more genetic mutations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Evidence shows that the wolf is the ancestor to all of the breeds of dogs shown below. How did this variation arise in a relatively short period of time?

• genetic manipulation

• natural selection

• random chance

• artificial selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Within a species, a number of characteristics remain the same from one generation to the next. Explain the reason for this.

• characteristics in a species are physical

• characteristics in a species are genetic

• characteristics in a species are environmental

• characteristics in a species occur by chance

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called?

• reproduction

• diversity

• heredity

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• inbreeding

• hybridization

• cloning

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Which of the following best represents inbreeding?

• removing DNA from an organism

• changing traits based on environment

• crossing 2 similiar animals

• crossing 2 different animals

Crossing a red sweet apple with a large disease resistant apple is an example of ________________.

• inbreeding

• cloning

• natural selection

• hybridization