Biotechnology Review

Another name for GMO (Genetically Modified Organsim) is ____________.

• Transgenic

• DNA

• Adaptation

• Vestigial Organ

Using living things or parts of living things to make a product or solve a problem:

• biotechnology

• biological evolution

• geological evolution

• transgenic

All of the following are advantages (things that are helpful) of GMO's EXCEPT:

• pest resistant crops

• more nutritional foods

• unknown long term health effects

• creating more human insulin

North Carolina's #1 Biotech Industry is

• Biomedical Research
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Making Clones
• Agriculture

GMO stands for

• Genetically Made Organism
• Growing More Organisms
• Genetically Modified Organism
• Growing Many Organisms

Which of these careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?

• electrical engineering

• astronomy

• agricultural research

• geology

Which of these careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?

• electrical engineering

• astronomy

• medicine

• psychology

A strawberry farmer finds that, after a hard freeze, some of his strawberries are still alive. Which best explains why these strawberries were able to survive?

• The farmer's strawberry crop came from seeds that were genetically modified to resist pests.

• The farmer's strawberry crop came from seeds that were genetically modified to be bright red in color.

• The farmer's strawberry crop came from seeds that were genetically modified to grow larger than average strawberries.

• The farmer's strawberry crop came from seeds that were genetically modified to resist freezing temperatures.

Which of the following describes a way that biotechnology is used.

• Developing better tools for heart transplants.

• Manufacturing better car parts for maximum driving safety.

• Inserting a gene from a plant into a bacteria to make fuel.

• Engineering stronger materials used for construction.

All of the following are fields that biotechnology is most likely used in EXCEPT:

• Medicine

• Agriculture

• Food and Nutrition

• Civil Engineering (engineer of roads and bridges)