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WorksheetsSelective Breeding
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is one of the processes involved in selective breeding?
allowing organisms to reproduce without interference
choosing individuals with desirable characteristics to be parents of the next generation
The evolution from dogs to wolves is due to:
Natural Selection
Sexual Selection
Artificial Selection
Vestigial Structures
A specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another is?
an allele
a gene
a trait
a chromosome
A bison has teeth that ate adapted for grazing or eating grasses. Suppose a disease were to kill off all the grasses in a region where the bison live. What would likely happen to the bison?
They would adapt to eating a different kind of plant.
They would evolve into a new species
They would eventually die from lack of food
They would not be affected.
What must all species do in order to survive?
change its behavior
change its environment
change its location
adapt to changes in its environment
The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called?
reproduction
diversity
heredity
chromosome
A certain species of owl lives only in old growth forests. If the trees where these owls lives are removed by loggers what will most likely happen to the owl population?
it will decrease to the point of extinction
it will hibernate until the trees grow back
it will increase in number
it will evolve into a new species
Which type of selective breeding helped to created this organism?
Cloning
Hybridization
Inbreeding
GMO's
