Evolution Review 3

Select ALL the parts of Natural Selection.

• overproduction

• evolution

• variation

• selection

• competition

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Select ALL of the examples of selective breeding.

• Dog breeds

• Belgium Blue Cows

• Chickens who are bred to lay 300 eggs a year

• Cows who are bred to produce enough milk for 10 calves

• Peppered moths with dark, almost black coloring

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Dogs are examples of what?

• Common Ancestors

• Selective Breeding

• Natural pace of evolution

• Existence rate rises

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“People identify the trait they want, then only allow animals with that trait to breed with one another.”  Which of the following BEST matches the statement above? 

• Selective/Artificial Breeding
• Natural Selection

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What type of mutation leads to structures in an organism not functioning properly or not functioning at all?

• Beneficial

• Harmful

• Neutral

• Adaptive

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Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainfroest

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The altering of corn to produce more kernels with much more sugar is an example of:

• Natural Selection, hybrid breed
• Selective/Artificial Breeding, hybrid breed

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__________________ is when humans purposely breed plants or animals to obtain specific traits.

Example: Dogs not shedding

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• biological selection

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

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What process is being shown in this image?

• Selective/Artificial Breeding

• Natural Selection

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