Natural and Artificial Selection

Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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The purpose of selective breeding is to 

• Get bigger animals
• get smaller animals
• create animals with desirable traits
• create animals with bad traits

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1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

• natural selection

• Artificial selection

• random selection

• genetic manipulation

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Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

• In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species

• In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans

• In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur

• In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.

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Artificial selection is also known as

• natural selection

• selective hearing

• genetic manipulation

• selective breeding

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When humans select desirable traits to be passed down to offspring

• natural selection

• artificial selection

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1. Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:

• Dogs

• Panda bears

• Snakes

• Jellyfish

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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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When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is.......

• natural selection

• artificial variation

• artificial selection

• survival of the fittest

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Artificial selection

• Black pepper moths are black

• light pepper moths are white

• Chicken produces more eggs

• Cheetah has long legs

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