Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology

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.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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 hill
• A compost heap
• An ethanol pile
• A pile of manure

What would an environmental biotechnologist use to clean up an oil spill?

• Ethanol
• Gene therapy
• Oil-eating bacteria
• Oil-dissolving detergent

Coal has long been used to produce energy. It is classified as a:

• Sugar.
• Bacteria.
• Fossil fuel.
• Natural electric source.

A company uses living organisms to make cosmetics. What technology is being used?

• Composting
• Biosensing
• Bioprocessing
• Nuclear reaction

What is an example of a life form used in industrial biotechnology?

• Android
• Bacteria
• Proton
• Oil

What is an example of a biocatalyst?:

• Enzyme
• Corn stalk
• Electronic sensor
• Lubricant

Bioreporters are useful in detecting:

• Environmental contaminants.
• Coal mines.
• Diseases.
• Underground water.

Environmental biotechnology involves the use of science to clean up:

• Pollution.
• Space waste.
• Hands and lower arms.
• The language in biotech publications.