Basic Biotech Vocab

What are "cells that can change into any type of cell"?

• animal cells

• bacterial cells

• plant cells

• stem cells

What are the "building blocks of proteins"?

• stem cells

• amino acids

• viruses

• bacteria

What is "a technique for quickly making many copies of a segment of DNA"?

• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)

• Chymosin

• Domestication

• Pasteurization

What is produced in a calf's stomach to help curdle milk and used in the production of cheese?

• chymosin

• bacteriophage

• antibiotic

• pasteurization

What means "fake: imitating a natural product?"

• technology

• DNA

• domestication

• synthetic

What is "the practical use of knowledge to create useful things and solve problems"?

• technology

• domestication

• pasteurization

• synthetic

What is "the taming of a population of organisms to enhance desirable traits"?

• antibiotic

• bacteria

• domestication

• pasteurization

What is a medicine used to treat or prevent bacterial infections?

• vaccine

• bacteriophage

• antibiotic

• virus

What is a small, living microorganism?

• bacteria

• virus

• antibiotic

• amino acid

What is a preparation that provides immunity to a certain disease?

• bacteria

• vaccine

• antibiotic

• bacteriophage