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Cambridge IGCSE Biology

18.3Selection

Selection in Cambridge IGCSE Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 18.3.1Describe natural selection.
  2. 18.3.2Describe selective breeding and outline how it improves crop plants and domesticated animals over many generations, applying this to given contexts.
  3. 18.3.3Supplement: describe adaptation as a result of natural selection, describe antibiotic-resistant bacteria as an example, and outline the differences between natural and artificial selection.

Lessons

  • Natural and artificial selection

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Selection: sample question

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True or false: bacteria become resistant to an antibiotic because the antibiotic causes them to mutate.

Is the statement true or false?

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