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

• nature

• a human

• traits

• evolution

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What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?

• to find a common ancestor

• to show the evolution of organisms

• to see what organisms eat

• to identify organisms

Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.

• band-tail puffer

• spotted goat fish

• peacock flounder

• trumpet fish

Identify the fish

• Sebastes serriceps

• Sebastes nebulosus

• Naucrates ductor

• Seriola lalandi

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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Another term for selective breeding is ​ (a)   . We say it is "​ ​ (b)    " because when​ ​ (c)    choose organisms to reproduce, they do not choose good ​ (d)    for survival. When plants and animals reproduce, they do it for "​ ​ (e)   " reasons to help them survive.

• artificial selection

• artificial

• humans

• traits

• natural

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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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A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples in his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants next time. What is this an example of?

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Selective Breeding or artificial selection

• Extinction

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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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• A.

• B.

• C.

• D.

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