Natural Selection, Adaptations and Selective Breeding

The rancher selects the fastest horses and has them reproduce. This is...

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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A salmon swims upstream to safer waters to breed. This is a _______ adaptation.

• structural

• behavioral

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A fish has gills for breathing underwater. This is a _____ adaptation.

• behavioral

• structural

According to natural selection, which organisms are most likely to survive?

• the fastest organism

• the biggest organism

• the ones able to adapt

• the most domesticated organisms

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A genetic trait or characteristic that may change over time, that allows an organism to better survive is called a _______

• Habitat

• Population

• Competition

• Adaptation

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The process where organisms best fit for the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Selective Breeding

• Adaptation

• Hibernation

• Natural Selection

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True or False, Corn as we know today is a byproduct of Selective breeding?

• True

• False

• Fralse

• Tralse

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All these birds are finches but they have developed different beaks due to the type of foods available to them, this is because of

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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What process requires HUMANS to decide the best traits to breed for future generations?

• Selective Breeding

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Environmental changes

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