Chapter 4 - Evolution - Artificial Selection

Question 1

What is artificial selection?

Answer 1

Humans selecting organisms that we believe are necessary but don’t necessarily help the organism to survive
The gradual improvement of animal and plant characteristics overtime, for man’s benefit

Question 2

What is selective breeding?

Answer 2

Select organisms with desirable features to produce new variation of plants and animals that have these desirable features

Question 3

What are the advantages to artificial selection?

Answer 3

~ no objections

~ monoculture

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of artificial selection?

Answer 4

~ takes long time
~ could end up with bad characteristics
~ monoculture

Question 5

What are the advantages of monoculture?

Answer 5

~ easier to maintain - grow same rate

~ all need same care and harvest same time

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of monoculture?

Answer 6

~ some genes go extinct (some may be desirable)

~ diseases will affect all as they’re the same

Question 7

What is monoculture?

Answer 7

Growing the same thing