Artificial Selection Review

Teosinte was successfully selected and bred for many years to become modern-day

• corn

• tomatoes

• cows

• dogs

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Teosinte was artificially selected by people in ______.

• Mexico

• Peru

• Argentina

• Venezuela

Reorder the following steps in teosinte becoming 'domesticated' corn.

• Farmers saved corn kernels from plants with desirable traits.

• Farmers planted corn kernels from plants with desirable traits.

• Kernels sprouted and grew into new corn.

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Selective breeding is known as

• Artificial selection

• Natural selection

• Plant and go

Approximately how many dog breeds are there?

• 100

• 300

• 400

• 700

The common ancestor of modern-day dogs is the

• wolf

• fox

• terrier

• poodle

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Approximately how many years have dogs been selectively bred?

• 2,000

• 6,000

• 14,000

• 10,000

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For what purposes have dogs been bred?

• hunting

• sighthounds

• farming

• herding

• companion

Biotechnology includes

• artificial selection

• natural selection

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Match the following

• life

• Artificial selection

• selective breeding

• Bio

• use of scientific discoveries to implement solutions

• Technology

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