Artificial Selection
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Science
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Barbara White
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Artificial Selection Noun
[ar-tuh-fish-uhl suh-lek-shn]
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Artificial Selection
The process where humans identify and select desirable traits in organisms to enhance them in future generations.
Example: Humans selectively bred a single wild plant (Brassica) for specific traits, resulting in different vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, and kale.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Selective Breeding Noun
[suh-lek-tiv bree-ding]
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Selective Breeding
A form of artificial selection where humans choose parent organisms with desired characteristics to produce offspring with those traits.
Example: This diagram shows that by choosing organisms with a desired trait (more spots) to reproduce, that trait becomes more common in later generations.
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Trait Noun
[trayt]
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Trait
A specific, heritable characteristic of an organism that can be passed down to its offspring through genes.
Example: This diagram shows that a trait, like eye color, is a visible characteristic determined by underlying biology, such as the amount of pigment in cells.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Natural Selection Noun
[nach-er-uhl suh-lek-shn]
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Natural Selection
The natural process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive, reproduce, and pass on their genes.
Example: A paintbrush acts as a human selector, choosing specific moths from a varied population, illustrating the core mechanism of artificial selection.
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Crossbreeding Noun
[kraws-bree-ding]
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Crossbreeding
The process of mating organisms from different breeds, varieties, or species to combine their traits in the offspring.
Example: Mating two different parent breeds, like Breed A and Breed B, produces an offspring that is a mix of both, called a crossbreed.
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Hybridization Noun
[hai-brid-uh-zey-shn]
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Hybridization
A method of artificial selection involving crossbreeding different species or varieties to create offspring with desired parental traits.
Example: This image incorrectly shows chemical hybridization, the mixing of atomic orbitals, which is unrelated to the biological hybridization (cross-breeding) used in artificial selection.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Hybrid Noun
[hai-brid]
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Hybrid
The offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera.
Example: This image does not explain a biological hybrid. It incorrectly shows 'Hybrid Learning,' a concept from education, which is unrelated to artificial selection in science.
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