biotechnology

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What has the benefits of decreased pesticide, decreased pollution, increased nutrition, & increased production for agriculture?

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GMOS, Genetically modified foods

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Antibiotics are medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria.

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True

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Genetically modified food (or GM food) is food produced from plants or animals whose DNA has been altered through genetic engineering.

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True

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Potential ethical issue resulting from the use of biotechnology?

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introducing a genetically-altered species

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If scientists engineer the DNA of tomatoes to make them survive in cold temperatures, what type of technology do those tomatoes become?

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Genetically Modified Organisms

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This laboratory procedure is known as: CLONING, gel electrophoresis, chromatography, use of a dichotomous key

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gel electrophoresis

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In preparation for an electrophoresis procedure, enzymes are added to DNA in order to:

• convert the DNA into gel
• cut the DNA into fragments
• change the color of the DNA
• produce longer sections of DNA

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cut the DNA into fragments

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Which chemicals are used to cut DNA into fragments for a gel electrophoresis procedure?

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enzymes

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Which suspect is likely guilty? Options: Suspect #1, Suspect #2, Suspect #3

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Suspect #2

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An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering.

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Transgenic Organisms

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