Artificial Selection: Shaping Life
Explore the principles and applications of artificial selection in shaping desirable traits in organisms.
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Artificial Selection: Shaping Life
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1. What is the primary difference between artificial selection and natural selection?
Natural selection occurs in labs, artificial selection in nature.
Artificial selection is driven by human intervention, natural selection by environmental factors.
Both are driven by human intervention.
Both are driven by environmental factors.
2. Which of the following is an example of artificial selection?
Finches evolving different beak shapes on the Galapagos Islands.
Bacteria developing antibiotic resistance.
Farmers breeding cows for increased milk production.
Polar bears developing thick fur in cold climates.
3. Artificial selection is also known as .
4. Humans select organisms with desirable to breed.
5. The process of artificial selection can lead to significant changes in a species over .
6. All dog breeds originated from a common wolf ancestor through natural selection.
True
False
7. Artificial selection always results in organisms that are better adapted to their natural environment.
True
False
8. Give two examples of how artificial selection has been used in agriculture.
9. Explain why artificial selection can sometimes lead to unintended negative consequences for an organism.