What is artificial selection?

• the process by which humans breed organisms for certain characteristics

• the process by which inherited traits in a population change over generations

• the process by which Charles Darwin noted the differences among finches on the Galapagos Islands

• the process in which individuals better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

Survival of the ______________ states that organisms that are best adapted to their environment have a better chance of surviving and reproducing.

• slowest

• fastest

• fittest

• biggest

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Which is another term for selective breeding?

• Artificial selection

• Natural Selection

All of these finches have different-shaped beaks. They are an adaptation to gain access of _____.

• Water

• Food

• Shelter

• Mate

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The differences among a species are _____.

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• mutations.

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Why might it be helpful for a species to have greater variations?

• They can't be seen by predators

• If the environment changes, they might be better able to adapt

• It is helpful in asexual reproduction

• They don't recognize each other

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When farmers breed specific plants to produce fruits with specific traits

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce.

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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All these birds are finches but they have developed different beaks due to the type of foods available to them, this is because of

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Artificial Selection

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Which type of reproduction requires 2 parents?

• Asexual

• Binary Fission

• Sexual

• Regeneration

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