Natural Artificial Selection

What is the definition of natural selection?

• Genes that are chosen by humans such as farmers and ranchers
• Organisms that are chosen by environmental pressures such as climate, available food, predators and habitat.
• Dogs and Wolves
• Genes that are chosen by scientist and academics. 

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The Aztecs and Maya Tribes of Mexico where some of the first humans to slowly change wild corn to the corn we know today. What process did these tribes use?

• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection "Selective Breeding"
• Mitosis
• Cell Membrane

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How are new traits introduced into a population?

• Photosynthesis
• Cell Membrane
• Turtles 
• Mutations 

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What is the definition of mutation?

• A random change in the genes of an organism
• Natural Breeding
• Natural Selection 
• Breeding two animals to create a new one

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What organisms only survive in the wild (Nature)?

• Handicap Organisms 
• White Mouse
• Only Fit organisms 
• Organisms that cannot adapt

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The phrase "Survival of the Fittest" would best describe...

• Natural Selection 
• Artificial Selection 
• Selective Breeding
• Rainbow Trout 

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A German Shepard would probably not survive in the wild because...

• the dog is mixed.
• the dog is a product of artificial selection and not adapted for the wild.
• the dog is dumb.
• the dog is a product of natural selection and can survive in the wild.

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This animal is a product of ...

• Natural Selection 
• Artificial Selection 
• Human Made
• Selective Breeding 

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Scientist have created larger and sweeter strawberries for humans to consume (eat). What process was used?

• Natural Selection 
• Artificial Selection 
• Cellular Respiration 
• Environmental Natural Selection 

If a mouse population changes color from white to black over many generations due to their environment, what selection is taking place?

• Natural Selection 
• Selective Breeding
• Artificial Selection 
• Hydrogen and Helium 

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