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Biology, Other, Specialty
6th -
8thgrade
Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology
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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Biobased energy companies want to replace fossil fuels with renewable, raw materials such as sugars. One fuel that can be made in this way is ethanol. It comes from:Seaweed.Corn.Viruses.Rain water.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The term, biodegradable products, means:The products can be safely eaten by humans.All the component parts of the product are made in the laboratory.The products are made up of various species of bacteria.The products break down safely by natural means and disappear into the environment.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.You are in a garden and see a pile of grass clippings, old cornstalks, bean vines and tomato stems that are decaying to return nutrients to the soil. What is it?An ant hillA compost heapAn ethanol pileA pile of manure
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What would an environmental biotechnologist use to clean up an oil spill?EthanolGene therapyOil-eating bacteriaOil-dissolving detergent
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Coal has long been used to produce energy. It is classified as a:Sugar.Bacteria.Fossil fuel.Natural electric source.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A company uses living organisms to make cosmetics. What technology is being used?CompostingBiosensingBioprocessingNuclear reaction
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an example of a life form used in industrial biotechnology?AndroidBacteriaProtonOil
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an example of a biocatalyst?:EnzymeCorn stalkElectronic sensorLubricant
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Bioreporters are useful in detecting:Environmental contaminants.Coal mines.Diseases.Underground water.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Environmental biotechnology involves the use of science to clean up:Pollution.Space waste.Hands and lower arms.The language in biotech publications.