Selective Breeding Review

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

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Which of these is the first step in selective breeding flowers.

• Repeat the process only with the offspring with the desired traits

• watch the seeds grow

• Choose plants that have the desired trait to pollinate

• chose which trait is desirable

Natural selection

• organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

• process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics

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"Survival of the fittest" describes which theory

• Natural selection

• Selective breeding

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Which is an example of selective breeding?

• A giraffe's long neck.

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

• Training a horse to run faster.

• 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

• alleles

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Which organisms are most likely to survive?

• The strongest

• The best adapted

• The fittest

• The most athletic

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Natural selection is where ___________ decides which traits should be passed on.

• nature

• a human

• traits

• evolution

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Selective breeding is where _____________ decides which traits should be passed on.

• nature

• a human

• traits

• evolution

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