Biotechnology in North Carolina

__________ is a field of study that DOES NOT include biotechnology.

• Medicine

• Mining

Biotechnology provides the following agricultural benefit:

• plants less dependent on sunlight

• plants less sensitive to temperature changes

If Mr. Clough wanted to work in the field of biotechnology, he would need to study which of the following subjects?

• Chemistry

• Genetics

__________ is NOT a common ethical concern regarding human cloning.

• To create humans as a supply of organs for transplant

• To clone humans without a personality

One career a student may pursue studying biotechnology is ...

• geology

• agricultural research

Tigers and household cats are of different sizes because of ...

• genetics

• biochemical makeup

To create genetically modified bacteria requires ...

• using biotechnology techniques

• growing bacteria on plants

A body cell used to create a new organism requires ...

• cloning

• genetic splicing

Biotechnology does not benefit agriculture by ...

• improving farm machines

• increasing crop population

Genetic modification has to do with ...

• kidney surgery

• gene splicing