natural selection vs artificial selection

Question 1

artificial selection & examples

Answer 1

selective pressure exerted by humans on populations in order to improve or modify particular desirable traits; selective breeding

Question 2

selective pressure

Answer 2

environmental conditions that select for certain characteristics of individuals and select against other characteristics

Question 3

fitness

Answer 3

the relative contribution an individual makes to the next generation by producing offspring that will survive long enough to reproduce

Question 4

consequences of artificial selection

Answer 4

artificial selection for english bulldogs looks good physically but they struggle with respiratory issues

Question 5

monocultures

Answer 5

extensive plantings of the same varieties of a species over large expanses of land

Question 6

natural selection

Answer 6

the process by which characteristics of a population change over many generations; those with heritable traits survive and reproduce, passing traits to offspring