5.1 Quizizz

1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

• natural selection

• Artificial selection

• random selection

• genetic manipulation

What is an example of artificial selection?

• Letting dogs choose their own mate

• Letting plants pollinate on their own

• Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

Artificial selection is also known as

• natural selection

• selective hearing

• genetic manipulation

• selective breeding

Are all mutations bad?

• Yes
• No

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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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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

• nature
• humans
• animals
• years

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction 
• Artificial Selection

An error in DNA copying that results in a new trait

• Homeostasis
• Mutation
• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding

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