Intro to Selection

A feature or quality passed on from parent to offspring

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Trait

• Selection

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Offspring also means

• Parent

• Baby

• Trait

• Selection

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Which organisms is best adapted to the arctic?

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Artificial selection

• Environment chooses

• Humans choose

Natural selection

• Environment chooses

• Humans choose

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Match them:

• Environment chooses

• Artificial Selection Example

• Humans choose

• Natural Selection Example

• Fast cheetah survives.

• Artificial Selection

• Breeding cows that make more milk.

• Natural Selection

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Polar bears with thick fur survive cold.

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Sheep herding dogs that help farmers.

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Less polar bears with thin fur in the Arctic.

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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Corn selected to be bigger

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5