Natural Selection vs Selective Breeding

Is this an example of natural selection or selective breeding?

Farmers create a new kind of banana tree.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Humans have changed the colors of fish in pet stores.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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People breed cows with larger udders so they can have more milk to drink.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Farmers breed corn to be bigger.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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People breed chickens to be larger so they have more meat to eat.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Being a light moth is good. Over time, more moths are light colored.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Galapagos finches with better beaks survive longer.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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King snakes that look poisonous are less likely to be eaten by predators.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Orchid plants look like bees so that more bees land on them and carry pollen for them.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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Having a small mouth is good. Over time, more snakes have small mouths.

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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