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- 1. Multiple Choice
4) How can using genetically engineered crops impact North Carolina’s economy?
Improve quality of farm equipment.
Decreased availability of productive land.
Decreased food production and more debt for farmers.
Increased food production and income for the farmers.
- 2. Multiple Choice
6) What type of job would a person who studied biotechnology in college be likely to have?
A job making medicines
A job studying stars.
A job studying the physical features on Earth.
- 3. Multiple Choice
9) What are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture?
Crop irrigation
DNA fingerprinting
Gentically modified crops
Crop rotation
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13) What would increase the money made by farmers in North Carolina through biotechnology?
Tomatoes that are different in color.
Tomatoes that are smaller.
Tomatoes that taste the same.
Tomatoes that are resistant to disease.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which are most closely related to biotechnology?
medicine and agriculture
construction and engineering
water treatment and electricity generation
communication and information technology
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is a concern of scientists when genetically modifying plants?
Plants will pass on diseases to animals.
There will be a decrease in biodiversity.
Plants will have a longer growing season.
There will be a decrease in revenue for pesticide manufacturers.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide?developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energydeveloping plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperaturesdeveloping plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they containdeveloping plants that will not die
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following subjects would someone most likely study if he or she wanted to work in the biotechnology field?ChemistryGeneticsPhysicsEnvironmental Science
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is involved in creating genetically modified bacteria?allowing them to reproduce freelychanging their food sourceusing biotechnology techniquesgrowing them on selected plants
- 10. Multiple Choice
When genes from one organism are inserted into the genes of another organism that is know as...
Stem Cell Therapy
Genetic Engineering
Cloning
Selective Breeding
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