Selective Breeding

Selective breeding is...

• a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits

• natural method of producing offspring with desired traits

• creating a new species

• making organisms reproduce during times of stress

An example of selective breeding is

• a dog breeder mating 2 dogs to make more dogs

• a farmer grows bees to pollinate the plants on his farm

• a person pollinates 2 white rose plants to only create white roses

The evolution of dogs from wolves is due to:

• Natural Selection
• Sexual Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Vestigial Structures

Which is another term for selective breeding?

• Artificial selection
• Natural Selection
• Intelligent selection

Problems with selective breeding include

• Better animals

• Increased meat production

• Animals can have bad health problems

• more diversity

Which is NOT a result of selective breeding?

• Large seedless watermelons that consumer demand

• Bright oranges that are all about the same size

• An insect that matches the color of the environment

• A dog that has been bred to have short hair

Scientists genetically engineer corn to be immune to corn diseases. This is BENEFICIAL because

• This causes corn to be less likely to reproduce
• This causes corn to be less likely to survive
• This causes corn to be smaller
• This allows increased production of corn

Use the following table to answer the next question. A family visited a dog breeder and requested a puppy that had short fur and was friendly and lovable.  Which dogs should the breeder select to be the parents of the requested puppy?

• 1 and 2
• 2 and 3
• 1 and 4
• 2 and 4

One problem with selective breeding is

• creating a new species

• gene variety is lost

• extinction of a species

Increasing helpful traits to an organism is one way a breeder may use selective breeding.

• True

• False