Genetic Engineering: Quizizz #1

the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Gene Therapy

a technology in which the genetic material of a living cell is modified

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Gene Therapy

an organism containing genetic material that has been artificially altered to produce a desired characteristic

• Genetic Engineering

• Gene Therapy

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Artificial Selection

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a technique that places a gene into a cell to correct a hereditary disease or to improve the genome

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Gene Therapy

Artificial selection only encourages traits that people do not want.

• True

• False

Artificial selection does not change genes, it only ____________ how common existing traits are in a population.

• counts

• requires

• influences

• determines

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• changing the characteristics of a plant or animal by transferring a piece of DNA from one organism to a different organism.

• Genetic Modification

• Gene Therapy

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Humans often use methods of artificial selection, such as selective breeding, to produce horses with specific traits.

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Which statement best describes how selective breeding helps horse breeders produce the most desirable traits for racing?

• Selective breeding produces horses with a higher rate of survival due to an increase in the genetic diversity of the horse offspring.

• Selective breeding helps breeders control which traits are passed on by producing horse offspring that only have the desired traits.

• Selective breeding uses two horse parents with the desired traits to increase the chances of passing the desired traits on to offspring.

• Selective breeding uses two horse parents with unknown traits to produce offspring with genetic variations and different traits.

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Which of these examples demonstrates artificial selection?

• The bug called a walking stick can blend in on a branch in its habitat.

• Galapagos finches developed different varieties of beaks to more easily fit the various food sources on different

• Rat snakes have developed a variety of colors and patterns to better camouflage in a number of different habitats.

• Humans created a new kind of apple by cross-breeding a crunchy variety with a sweet variety.

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Selective breeding has been used to create plants that are more resistant to disease. Of what is this an example?

• an organism being used as part of a technological process

• an organism being changed through technological methods

• a new technology inspired by the natural structure of a living organism

• a new technology being directly developed from the structure of an organism

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