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WorksheetsArtificial Selection Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called
natural selection
artificial selection
random selection
genetic manipulation
What is an example of artificial selection?
Letting dogs choose their own mate
Letting plants pollinate on their own
Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle
The following is a similarity between artificial selection and natural selection
Takes hundreds of years
Humans determine traits
Nature determines traits
Offspring are produced
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.
Artificial selection is also known as
natural selection
selective hearing
genetic manipulation
selective breeding
What is this an example of?
natural selection
artificial selection
Which of these is not a benefit of artificial selection.
Organism can become stronger
Breeding can be expensive
Farmers and breeder will have better business.
Migration
What is a goal of selective breeding?
I. To increase the value of species to humans
II. To produce species that resist disease
III. To produce species with specific traits
I and II
II and III
I and III
all of the above
A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring
Favorable trait
Inherited trait
Breeding
Genotype
Who controls Artificial selection?
Animals
Nature
Insects
Humans
Who controls Natural selection?
Animals
Nature
Insects
Humans
Some dairy farmers want to increase the amount of milk produced by their
cows. How can the farmers use selective (artificial) breeding to increase milk
production?
By increasing the age of the cows that are bred
By choosing cows that can produce milk after eating the most food
By limiting the number of offspring per cow
By choosing cows that are high milk producers
Which of the following is an example of selective breeding?
Female birds prefer to mate with colorful males rather than non-colorful males
Farmers allow only sheep that produce the best wool to breed
Populations of bacteria develops resistance to an antibiotic
Populations of lizards with a certain trait become more numerous of a change in climate
Which of the following occurrences would provide a disadvantage to selective
breeding within an agricultural population?
May produce a low-quality output of goods and abundant environmental waste.
Creates a lack of diversity, leading to depletion of traits yielded by the original species.
It is very costly and can only occur within large farming operations.
Can yield low production quantities of a species and can cause many safety issues.
The purpose of selective breeding is to
have larger animals
create animals with more diseases
create animals with desirable traits
have smaller animals
The three types of dogs shown all belong to the same species. Which of these is the BEST explanation for the physical differences
between the dogs?
The dogs were fed different foods.
The dogs lived in different environments.
Each type of dog was trained to do a specific job.
Each type of dog was bred for specific characteristics.
