LGG: Genetic Engineering

Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?

• natural selection
• selective breeding
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

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Making changes in the DNA of an organism is

• selective breeding
• artificial selection
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

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Making an identical copy of an entire organism is

• genetic transformation
• therapeutic cloning
• reproductive cloning
• transcriptive cloning

True or false:  Identical twins are genetic clones

• True
• False

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Which of the following is NOT an argument in favor of GMOs?

• Reduced biodiversity
• Disease resistant crops
• Food with extra nutrients
• Controlled production of insulin

Who was the first adult mammal successfully cloned?

• Dolly the Sheep
• Copy Cat the Cat
• Donald Trump the Donald
• Agouti Gout the Mouse

True or False:  Cloning humans is a federally accepted practice in the United States.

• True
• False

The process of making changes in the DNA code of a living organism is called

• selective breeding 
• genetic engineering
• inbreeding
• hybridization

What is the ultimate source of genetic variation?

• inbreeding
• hybridization
• mutations
• radiation

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A scientist cloned a goat. Which of these is a true statement about the cloned goat?

• It has new genes and traits
• It lacks the genes for reproduction
• It has the genes that are identical to the original goat
• It looks the same but has different genes.

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