Warm Up: Explain how

adaptations occur using Darwins

finches as an example.

Selective Breeding
Vs.
Natural Selection

Natural Selection
The process by which traits become
more or less common in a population
due to environmental pressures. They
affect the survival or reproduction of
the organism.
Nature picks the adaptations that will
survive
This happens naturally over time and
does not require the help of humans

Natural Selection

Who would
survive to
pass on their
genes?

Pollution
covered the
trees in a
fine layer of
soot.

Now, who
would survive
to pass on
their genes?

Selective Breeding
the process of selecting or choosing
specific plants or animals to breed for
particular desirable genetic traits
Organisms which are selectively bred
are called domesticated. The breeding
is usually done by a professional
breeder.

Examples of selective breeding:

Prize-winning racehorses
Cotton plants that yield strong fibers
Large, juicy tomatoes
High yielding corn kernels

Selective Breeding
Bred animals are known as
breeds, while bred plants
are known as varieties.

Selective Breeding or Natural Selection

you decide
Leafy Sea Dragon

Cabbage Varieties

Leafy Sea Dragon

SELECTIVE
BREEDING
Cabbage Varieties

NATURAL
SELECTION

Selective Breeding or Natural Selection

you decide
Bengal Cat

Tesonite (Corn)

Lets see if you were right!

SELECTIVE
BREEDING

Bengal Cat

SELECTIVE
BREEDING

Tesonite (Corn)

Selective Breeding or Natural Selection

you decide
Liger

Puggle

Lets see if you were right!

SELECTIVE
BREEDING
Liger

SELECTIVE
BREEDING
Puggle

Selective Breeding or Natural Selection

you decide
Eyes that rotate in all directions

zebra

Lets see if you were right!

Eyes that rotate in all directions

zebra

NATURAL
SELECTION

NATURAL
SELECTION

Use the iPads to find the answers to

these questions on your own paper:
1. What is the difference between natural
selection and selective breeding?
2. What are the benefits of selective breeding?
3. How has modern corn been selectively bred?
4. What 6 vegetables were selectively bred from
the wild mustard plant?
5. What is the difference between a tigon and a
liger? Can these animals reproduce?
6. What 2 animals are bred to produce mules?
Can mules reproduce?