3.02 Agriscience Applications

Recombinant DNA technology can best be described as involving the:

• design of farm equipment through computer imaging.

• implementation of soil conservation practices.

• manipulation of the genetic content of cells.

• study of rock formations using global positioning satellites.

What connects the pairs of strands that make up the double helix of DNA?

• Bases

• Starches

• Sugars

• Tar

In agriscience as well as other sciences, the method used to solve a problem is called the:

• educated-guess method.

• most-popular-decision technique.

• process of elimination.

• scientific method.

Which career supplies flowering plants to a florist?

• Floral designer

• Forest ranger

• Greenhouse manager

• Landscape architect

Tissue culture may be used for:

• producing genetically identical plants.

• disinfecting greenhouse structures.

• sexual reproduction in floral crops.

• sterilization of soil products.

One of the first commercial products created by genetic engineering was:

• artificial sweetener.

• buttermilk.

• insulin.

• synthetic oil.

Genetically modified organisms that are safety tested in laboratories and greenhouses before they are tested outdoors are also monitored by:

• county government.

• nursery operators.

• state and federal government.

• chemical salespeople.

Genetics is known as:

• the science of heredity.

• the study of plant biology.

• biochemistry.

• biotechnology.

DNA is in the shape of a:

• single helix.

• single circle.

• double circle.

• double helix.

Changing a characteristic by removing and inserting genes into DNA is known as gene:

• mapping.

• masking.

• splicing.

• swapping.