Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering

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The process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be the parents of the next generation is known an __________ breeding.

Multiple Choice

Golden retriever puppies are an example of

• inbreeding

• hybridization

Multiple Choice

Labrodoodles are examples of

• inbreeding

• hybridization

Multiple Choice

Cloning can happen naturally

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Check all the reasons a farmer might create GMO's

• Save Money

• Increase shelf-life of produce

• Make plants resistant to pesticides

• Produce bad crops

• Poison people

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Golden rice helped with a deficiency of vitamin____

Multiple Choice

The first GMO released to the in the U.S. was a?

• Potato

• Carrot

• Tomato

• Bell Pepper

Multiple Choice

How many "mothers" were used to clone Dolly?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Cloning could be used to repopulate extinct species.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Human genes can be placed into a plasmid, which is known as __________DNA. This is then placed into bacteria to grow rapidly allowing mass production of medication like insulin.

• mDNA

• Replacement

• Dual

• Recombinant

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The COVID-19 vaccine involves a mailman known as messenger RNA or ___________

Multiple Choice

The vaccine produces a protein that is also found in the virus. This prepares your immune system with _____________and T-cells to recognize that protein and attack it if COVID-19 enters your system

• antigens

• antibodies

• B-cells

• pathogens

Multiple Choice

__________ ____________ is replacing defective genes with effective genes. This technique could possibly treat things like Parkinson's disease.

• Genetic Replacement

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Displacement

Multiple Choice

_____________ Technique that can allow a protein to recognize a certain sequence of DNA and cut it.

• KRISPY

• CRISPR

Open Ended

Do you think it is ethical to clone human embryos? Why or why not?