WorksheetsArtificial Selection and GMOs
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
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 direct manipulation of genetic material to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population
Genotype
Phenotype
Genetic Engineering
Selective Breeding
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
Selective breeding
Natural selection
Genotype
Phenotype
The physical expression of a gene or set of genes; the appearance of an organism
Genotype
Phenotype
Inherited trait
Trait
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.
Different forms or versions of something
Trait
Selective breeding
Variants
Gene
What is this an example of?
natural selection
artificial selection
