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WorksheetsNatural Selection and Adaptations - Abdulaziz Al-Askar
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
How can humans control the traits of dogs?
Humans can make the dogs of different traits to breed to get desire traits and dogs
Humans can inject their DNA in the dog for the desired traits to arise.
Humans can make the dog adapt to those traits.
Humans cannot control the traits of dogs.
Humans can influence traits in organisms by..
(Choose all that apply)
By breeding them or changing their DNA.
By adapting the dog to the environment in which the traits serve purpose.
By Selective breeding & Genetic Engineering.
Humans cannot influence traits in organisms.
What is selective breeding?
Two organisms breeding with eachother.
The selection and breeding of organisms without desired traits.
The selection and breeding of humans.
None of the above.
Which process is faster; Natural selection or Selective breeding?
Natural Selection.
Selective Breeding.
Trick question: Both are equivalent in terms of speed.
It depends on the organism.
Selective breeding is also referred to as..
Artificial breeding.
Natural selection.
Artificial selection.
None of the above.
Define Genetic engineering.
It is when scientists engineer with DNA.
The biological and chemical methods that change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene.
Trick question: Genetic engineering does not have a definition as it is just a hypothesis.
None of the above.
Give an example of why genetic engineering is useful?
It helps us with animal testing.
It helps us by creating new species.
It is used to help produce large volumes of medicine.
None of the above.
What is one method of Genetic engineering?
Making recombinant DNA.
Making another type of DNA.
Trick question: it does not have a method as it is still in its hypothesis stage.
None of the above.
What is an example of genetically modified organism and how it is useful?
Genetic engineering can produce improvements in crop plants, such as corn, wheat, and rice.
Genetic engineering can help humans produce feces.
Genetic engineering cannot produce crops.
None of the above.
Golden rice is a type of rice that has been altered to contain vitamin A.
This yellow rice is beneficial to populations that typically do not receive enough vitamin A from other sources. How is golden rice classified?
(Choose all that apply)
Genetically engineered.
Genetically modified organism.
Altered through gene therapy.
None of the above.
Food products that have been genetically engineered are commonly referred to as ___________ ________ _________.
(a)
It is easier to observe a type of selection practiced by humans because natural selection occurs through so many (a) that it usually cannot be seen.
Humans can influence traits in organisms by _________ ________.
(a)
Another way humans can influence traits in organisms is by _______ ___________.
(a)
Food products that have been genetically engineered are commonly referred to as ___________ ________ _________.
(a)
Why are traits not always predictable?
(a)
Define the meaning of GMOs.
(a)
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