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- 1. Multiple Choice
Scientists have produced a genetically modified orange tree that is resistant to disease. Which of the following is the best example of a potential benefit to society that could result from this biotechnology?
reduction in orange crops produced
increase in orange crops produced
increase in the cost of orange crop
a change in the distribution of insects that pollinate orange flowers
- 2. Multiple Choice
This is the practice of inserting the DNA of another species into an organism's DNA so that the organism gains a new trait.
Cloning
Gel Electrophoresis
Genetic Engineering
DNA Fingerprinting
- 3. Multiple Choice
This is the practice of producing a genetically identical cell or organism
Cloning
Gel Electrophoresis
Genetic Engineering
DNA Fingerprinting
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does transgenic mean?
An organism that can change its genes at will
A stem cell that can differentiate into anything
An organism that has had another species' DNA put in it
A bacteria that reproduces asexually
- 5. 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
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA genome ispart of a chromosomea gene inserted into a chromosome of bacteriaa sequence of units in a short segment of DNAthe complete sequence of an organism’s DNA
- 7. Multiple Choice______________uses bacteria to clean up our surrounding.GenomeBioremediationGenetic ModificationCrossbreeding
- 8. Multiple ChoiceGMO stands forGenetically Made OrganismGrowing More OrganismsGenetically Modified OrganismGrowing Many Organisms
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?natural selectionselective breedinggenetic engineeringgenetic transformation
- 10. Multiple Choice
Gene therapy is when:
A person's genes are edited
New genes are added to a person's genome
Bacterial DNA is incorporated into the human genome
Stem cells are used to cure a disease
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a GMO
Bt Corn
Black Lab Puppies
Dolly the sheep
- 12. Multiple Choice
In selective breeding, it usually refers to offspring of two different species or strains.FermintaionHybridPhenotypesProteins - 13. Multiple Choiceusing living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problembiotechnologytissue culturingbioremediationtransgenic
- 14. Multiple ChoiceUsing a virus to enter a cell and replace defective genes with healthy genes is calledtissue culturingbioremediationcloninggene therapy
- 15. Multiple Choicea rice strain that has been genetically modified to make Vitamin-ABrown RiceYellow RiceGolden RiceVitamin Rice
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are advantages of GMO's exceptpest resistant cropsmore nutritional foodsunknown long term health effectscreating more human insulin
- 17. Multiple Choice
To make Bt corn Bt gene is taken from
virus
fungus
bacteria
protozoa
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