WorksheetsGenetics and Selective Breeding
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins
Selective breeding is...
a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits to benefit humans
natural method of producing offspring with desired traits
creating a new species
making organisms reproduce during times of stress
An example of selective breeding is
a dog breeder mating 2 dogs to make more dogs
a farmer grows bees to pollinate the plants on his farm
a person pollinates 2 white rose plants to only create white roses
Problems with selective breeding include
Better animals
Increased meat production
Animals can have bad health problems
more diversity
Which is NOT a result of selective breeding?
Large seedless watermelons that consumer demand
Bright oranges that are all about the same size
An insect that matches the color of the environment
A dog that has been bred to have short hair
The purpose of selective breeding is to
get bigger animals
get smaller animals
create animals with desirable traits
create animals with bad traits
