Natural Selection & Artificial Selection

What is one difference between natural selection and artificial selection?

• Natural selection involves humans; artificial selection does not involve humans.

• Natural selection does not involve humans; artificial selection involves humans.

• Natural selection takes longer than artificial selection.

• Artificial selection only involves plants; Naturals selection only involves animals.

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What is one problem with artificial selection?

• It takes thousands of years

• It removes diversity and bad traits can surface

• It promotes biodiversity of the species

• It can only happen once a year

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Which is not true about natural selection?

• There must be diversity in the population

• It is driven by natural processes like predators or weather conditions

• Humans are involved and can select the most desirable organisms

• Predators, geological activity, and weather can all have an impact on organisms

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What is genetic modification according to the article?

• When humans choose the best crops to reproduce

• When an offspring does not have any of the same characteristics of its parents

• A natural DNA modification

• A modification that purposefully happens at the DNA level

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