Biotechnology

You have benefited from selective breeding by having more agricultural produce than would have been possible otherwise.

• True
• False

An application of using DNA technology to help environmental scientists would be ___.

• use PCR to analyze DNA at a crime scene
• create a tobacco plant that glows in the dark
• clone the gene for human growth hormone to treat pituitary dwarfism
• make transgenic bacteria that can be used to clean up oil spills more quickly than do the natural bacteria

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____ are produced when DNA from another species is inserted into the genome of an organism, which then begins to produce the protein encoded on the recombinant DNA.

• vectors
• plasmids
• transgenic organisms
• gene guns

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The entire collection of genes within human cells is referred to as the ______.

• human genome
• karyotype
• pedigree
• gene map

Genetic engineering has produced goats whose milk contains proteins that can be used as medicines. This effect was produced by

• mixing genes into the milk
• injecting genes into the goats udders
• inserting foreign genes into fertilized goat eggs
• genetically modifying the nutritional needs of the goats offspring 

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Researchers have been working on cloning animals such as sheep. Which result is most likely to be a negative result such as cloning?

• development of extra organs
• premature death
• a low rate of genetic diseases
• delayed aging

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Cows are selectively bred to produce milk. Which of the following will cause the next generation to receive the trait to produce large quantities of milk?

• nutrients in their food
• mineral in their water
• electrical impulses to their brains
• information in their chromosomes

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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.

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Which field would most likely NOT incorporate  biotechnology?

• Agriculture 
• Genetics 
• Medicine
• Mining 

Which process uses a body cell to create a new organism?

• Crossbreeding 
• cloning 
• genetic modification 
• gene splicing