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Artificial Selection

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

2.

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

a)

natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

3.

What is an example of artificial selection?

a)

Letting dogs choose their own mate

b)

Letting plants pollinate on their own

c)

Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

4.

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

a)

natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

5.

What is an example of artificial selection?

a)

Letting dogs choose their own mate

b)

Letting plants pollinate on their own

c)

Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

6.

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

a)

Dogs

b)

Panda bears

c)

Snakes

d)

Jellyfish

7.

Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

8.

The following is a similarity between artificial selection and natural selection

a)

Takes hundreds of years

b)

Humans determine traits

c)

Nature determines traits

d)

Offspring are produced

9.

Artificial selection is also known as

a)

natural selection

b)

selective hearing

c)

genetic manipulation

d)

selective breeding

10.

When nature selects and species with beneficial adaptation survive and produce offspring

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

11.

When humans select desirable traits to be passed down to offspring

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

12.

All artificial selection or "selective breeding" is good

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

14.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

15.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

16.

Artificial Selection is

a)

a new concept

b)

discovered by Darwin and used ever since

c)

used for thousands of years

d)

a 19th century concept

17.

The country that conducted an experiment to show how foxes could be domesticated to dog is

a)

United Kingdom

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

18.

Artificial Selection decreases diversity which is bad because

a)

organisms with same traits will refuse to reproduce with each other

b)

organisms with all the same traits are susceptible to extinction.

c)

organisms with the same traits will be very aggressive

d)

organisms with same traits collectively get smarter and will some day rule the world

19.

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

a)

natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

20.

What is an example of artificial selection?

a)

Letting dogs choose their own mate

b)

Letting plants pollinate on their own

c)

Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

21.

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

a)

Dogs

b)

Panda bears

c)

Snakes

d)

Jellyfish

22.

The following is a similarity between artificial selection and natural selection

a)

Takes hundreds of years

b)

Humans determine traits

c)

Nature determines traits

d)

Offspring are produced

23.

Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

24.

Artificial selection is also known as

a)

natural selection

b)

selective hearing

c)

genetic manipulation

d)

selective breeding

25.

When nature selects and species with beneficial adaptation survive and produce offspring

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

26.

When humans select desirable traits to be passed down to offspring

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

27.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

28.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

29.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

30.

The data provides evidence that best supports the claim that these chickens are being bred for which characteristic?

a)

Fewer white feathers

b)

larger bodies

c)

larger beaks

d)

smaller bodies