Biotechnology and its Applications

Issues that refer to people’s moral values or the code of conduct by which they live

• Social issues

• Legal issues

• Cultural issues

• Ethical issues

What is the benefit of geneticially modified organisms?

• They may be better looking or more productive/effective
• They are easily reproduced
• They are higher in population
• They live longer/stronger

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All of the following are advantages of GMO's except

• pest resistant crops
• more nutritional foods
• unknown long term health effects
• creating more human insulin

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

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Which of the following is not a benefit of GMO food?

• herbicide tolerance

• disease resistance against fungus infections

• gene transfer to other species

• longer shelf life

What does transgenic mean?

• An organism that can change its genes at will

• A stem cell that can differentiate into anything

• An organism that has had another species' DNA put in it

• A bacteria that reproduces asexually

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Gene therapy is successful if the...

• DNA can be placed in a virus
• Virus carrying the gene can insert it into DNA
• New gene is expressed as a protein
• New gene is replicated in DNA

Why do farmers choose to use GM crops rather than regular crops?

• They are safer
• They are more productive
• They are less expensive
• They are less controversial

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If you want to make a GM crop that is purple, what is the first thing you need to do?

• Find a plant that is naturally purple
• Paint a plant purple
• Use an enzyme to cut a gene out of a plant
• Use a virus to insert a gene into a plant

What is 1 significant issue with many Genetically Modified Organisms?

• They are too expensive to be useful
• Take a long time to make
• May affect other organisms in their environment
• Might evolve more quickly

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