Genetic Engineering for Middle School

Making changes in the DNA of an organism is

• selective breeding

• artificial selection

• 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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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Making changes in the DNA of an organism is

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

The process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation is called?

• creating a GMO

• Hybridization

• Selective breeding

• gene therapy

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GMO stands for

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

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What is Genetic Engineering?

• the manipulation of an organism’s genes
• a change in an organism's genes
• a random and abrupt disruption to DNA
• the manipulation of an organism's appearance

This method involves the insertion of normal genes into cells with defective genes in order to correct genetic disorders.

• GMO

• gene mapping

• gene linkage

• gene therapy

Evidence shows that the wolf is the ancestor to all of the types of dogs shown below. How did this variation occur?

• A. Genetic manipulation

• Natural selection

• Random chance

• Selective breeding

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_______ cells are used to produce human proteins at an increased rate for gene therapy. 

• Plant
• Human
• Animal
• Bacteria