Artificial Selection + Genetic Engineering Question Preview (ID: 56398)


Art Selec. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called
a) natural selection
b) random selection
c) Artificial selection
d) genetic manipulation

What is an example of artificial selection?
a) Letting dogs choose their own mate
b) Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle
c) Letting plants pollinate on their own
d)

Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:
a) Dogs
b) Snakes
c) Panda bears
d) Jellyfish

Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?
a) In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species
b) In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur
c) In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans
d) In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.

The following is a similarity between artificial selection and natural selection
a) Takes hundreds of years
b) Nature determines traits
c) Humans determine traits
d) enrichment of traits

Artificial selection is also known as
a) natural selection
b) genetic manipulation
c) selective hearing
d) selective breeding

When nature selects and species with beneficial adaptation survive and produce offspring
a) natural selection
b) artificial selection
c)
d)

When humans select desirable traits to be passed down to offspring
a) natural selection
b) artificial selection
c)
d)

All artificial selection or selective breeding is good
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Artificial Selection is
a) a new concept
b) used for thousands of years
c) discovered by Darwin and used ever since
d) a 19th century concept

Transgenic organisms contain
a) genes from other species.
b) genes of only one parent.
c) cells of another organism.
d) one or more human genes.

Artificial Selection decreases diversity which is bad because
a) organisms with same traits will refuse to reproduce with each other
b) organisms with the same traits will be very aggressive
c) organisms with all the same traits are susceptible to extinction.
d) organisms with same traits collectively get smarter and will some day rule the world

Biotech foods look and taste the same as traditional foods and crops. The only difference is that biotech food has
a) fewer calories.
b) genes with traits that improve something about the plant.
c) the addition of specific minerals.
d) a better chance of surviving a frost during the growing season.

The breeding of organisms for a specific and desirable trait
a) natural selection
b) evolution
c) artificial selection
d) acquired characteristics

When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is.......
a) natural selection
b) artificial selection
c) artificial variation
d) survival of the fittest

What is a goal of selective breeding? ​ I. To increase the value of species to humans II. To produce species that resist disease III. To produce species with specific traits
a) I and II
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) I, II, and III

What is a GMO?
a) An organism that has had its DNA modified by humans
b) Epigenetics
c) An organism missing a chromosome
d) A genetically identical organism

What are genetically modified (GM) organisms and GM foods?
a) Foods or organisms with better taste
b) Foods or organisms with DNA modified in a way that doesn't occur naturally
c) Foods or organisms grown in the USA, only
d) Food and organisms that have been injected with hormones

Putting the gene for bioluminescence into a fish is an example of...
a) Genetic Engineering
b) Artificial Selection
c) Selective Breeding
d) Gene Mutation

Genetic engineering has been used to produce
a) medicines
b) improved crops.
c) food animals.
d) all of these.

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 56398 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register

Help / Support / FAQ




Gaming Links