Biotechnology/GMOs

Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology  provide?

• developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy
• developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures
• developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain
• developing plants that will not die

Which of these is not a way in which biotechnology can benefit agriculture?

• increase crop yields

• reducing the loss of crops to insects
• producing more nutritious food

• improving farm machinery

Organisms that contain genes from different species are called___________ organisms.

• Blended
• Hybrid
• Transgenic
• Cisgenic

Which is a negative result of the use of biotechnology in agriculture?

• Increased crop yields
• Reduction in pesticide use
• Unknown side effects
• Higher nutritional values

A scientist cloned a goat. Which of these is a true statement about the cloned goat?

• It has new genes and traits
• It lacks the genes for reproduction
• It has the genes that are identical to the original goat
• It looks the same but has different genes.

using living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problem

• biotechnology
• tissue culturing
• bioremediation
• transgenic

a rice strain that has been genetically modified to make Vitamin-A

• Brown Rice
• Yellow Rice
• Golden Rice
• Vitamin Rice

GMO stands for

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

Which of the below biotechnological advances is MOST beneficial to Florida FARMERS?

• Development of disease resistant plants for higher yields
• Development of more effective human vaccines
• The ability to create more antibiotics from bacteria
• Producing enzymes to eliminate pollutants

A gene that comes from the same organism to make a GMO can best be described as... 
(ex: gene from corn placed into corn plant) 

• cisgenic 
• transgenic