Artificial and Natural Selection Formative

The pineapples were exposed to high levels of radiation to change their traits.

Their DNA was altered by scientists to increase lycopene, a pigment that gives them a pink color.

Natural selection caused the pineapples to evolve pink flesh over time.

Selective breeding over many generations created pink pineapples naturally.

Allow the sweet melons to self pollinate

Cross pollinate the sweet small melons with the large melons.

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

It increases genetic diversity in horse offspring.

It produces offspring with only the desired traits.

It increases the chance of passing desired traits to offspring.

It produces offspring with genetic variations and different traits.