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5.2 Natural selection and evolution

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Question 10

Which of the following is a key difference between natural selection and selective breeding?

A

Natural selection requires genetic variation within a population, whereas selective breeding works with genetically identical individuals.

B

Humans determine which individuals survive and reproduce in selective breeding, whereas environmental factors determine this in natural selection.

C

Selective breeding leads to evolutionary changes in population genotypes, whereas natural selection only affects phenotypes.

D

Natural selection occurs very rapidly over a few generations, whereas selective breeding always takes millions of years.

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5.2 Natural selection and evolution Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /5.2 Natural selection and evolution

38 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 5.2 Natural selection and evolution, covering 5.2.1 Genetic variation within a population, 5.2.2 Developments in classification systems, 5.2.3 How evolution occurs through natural selection, 5.2.4 Evolution as change over time, 5.2.5 Evidence for evolution, and 5.2.6 Darwin and Wallace. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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