Selective Breeding vs. Natural Selection

 According to natural selection, which organisms are most likely to survive?

• The fastest organisms
• The biggest organisms
• The best-adapted organisms
• The most domesticated organisms

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Which is an example of SELECTIVE BREEDING ?

(also called artificial selection)

• A giraffe’s long neck.

• Training a horse to run faster.

• Clipping a horse’s tail so it is not too long.

• Cross breeding a labrador retriever with a poodle.

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Selective breeding is where ___________ decides which traits should be passed on

• Nature

• A human

• Mrs. Yezak

• The illuminati

When farmers breed specific plants to produce fruits with specific traits

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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Natural selection

• Happens in nature without human involvement

• Humans control the process to obtain desirable traits

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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

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

• Yes, they know they need to change to survive 
• No, they change because of natural selection

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