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Artificial Selection and GMOs

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

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.

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

3.

The direct manipulation of genetic material to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Genetic Engineering

d)

Selective Breeding

4.

Process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

a)

Selective breeding

b)

Natural selection

c)

Genotype

d)

Phenotype

5.

The physical expression of a gene or set of genes; the appearance of an organism

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Inherited trait

d)

Trait

6.

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.

7.
GMO stands for
a)
genetically made organism
b)
genetically modified organism
c)
gene manipulated organism
d)
Genetic mutant organism
8.

Different forms or versions of something

a)

Trait

b)

Selective breeding

c)

Variants

d)

Gene

9.

What is this an example of?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

10.
Farmers breed cows to produce high amounts of milk. This is an example of...
a)
Natural Selection 
b)
Variations in a species 
c)
Selective Breeding 
11.
Putting the gene for bioluminescence into a fish is an example of...
a)
Genetic Engineering
b)
Artificial Selection
c)
Selective Breeding
d)
Gene Mutation
12.
The purpose of selective breeding is to 
a)
Get bigger animals
b)
get smaller animals
c)
create animals with desirable traits
d)
create animals with bad traits