Vocabulary Starter - Artificial Selection
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- Q1
What is the definition of Selective Breeding?
Growing plants without human help
Choosing plants or animals with certain traits to reproduce
Changing the DNA of an organism
Allowing animals to breed naturally
30s - Q2
What does Genetic Engineering mean?
Allowing natural selection to take place
Growing plants in a natural environment
A process where humans select which animals breed
Changing an organism’s genes in a lab to give it new traits
30s - Q3
Which of the following best describes Desired Traits?
Traits that do not affect the organism
Random traits that appear in animals
Traits that are passed down naturally
Traits that humans want in plants or animals, such as bigger fruits or faster growth
30s - Q4
What is Recombinant DNA?
DNA that cannot change
DNA found only in plants
DNA that is passed down through natural selection
DNA that comes from two different sources combined in a lab
30s