Selective Breeding and Mutations

Selective breeding is where ___________ decides which traits should be passed on

• Nature

• A human

• Mr. Graham

• The illuminati

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When farmers breed specific plants to produce fruits with specific traits

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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The overall function of selective breeding is to

• Create organisms with desirable traits

• Create bigger organisms

• Create animals with more genetic mutations

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A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples from his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants. What is this an example of?

• Selective breeding

• Natural selection

Evidence shows that the wolf is the ancestor to all of the breeds of dogs shown below. How did this variation arise in a relatively short period of time?

• Random Selection

• Natural selection

• Random chance

• Selective breeding

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When humans breed 2 organisms with specific traits to influence the traits of the next generation, it is __________.

• selective breeding
• natural selection

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All of the following statements are reasons for selective breeding except:

• To produce offspring with desirable characteristics
• Farmers increase their profit by improving crops
• To improve the quality of food products
• To increase migration patterns

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Which is another term for selective breeding?

• Artificial selection
• Natural Selection
• Intelligent selection

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What are the building blocks of proteins called?

• DNA
• RNA
• Ribosomes
• Amino Acids

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Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

• transgenic shift
• Single Genotype
• Monohybrid Trait
• Mutation

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