Biotech Review

How has genetic engineering helped farming?

• by developing better fertilizer for crops

• by creating crops that resist some diseases

• by producing soil that makes crops grow better

• by producing faster ways to harvest crops

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Which is one possible human benefit from biotechnology research?

• creating new types of building that can withstand hurricanes

• producing new types of disease-causing viruses

• increasing the ability to turn ocean water to freshwater

• producing crops that can grow in areas where they normally do not grow

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How can biotechnology help farmers overcome sudden changes in the global climate?

• by rotating the crops within the same field

• by planting crops in only the winter

• by developing crops that are resistant to adverse weather

• by changing the types of soil in which the crops are planted

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4. How has biotechnology helped to improve the agricultural industry?

• by creating some crops that resist certain insects

• by developing irrigation systems that cover a large land area

• by producing soil free of decomposers

• by developing machines that help farmers harvest crops faster

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Scientists have been able to cause some bacteria to produce insulin. In which area of science would these scientist most likely work?

• Nuclear engineering

• Marine Biology

• Chemistry

• Biotechnology

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If a company genetically modified corn to produce an odor that repels insects, which best describes how the corn was modified?

• by crop rotations

• by techniques used in biotechnology

• by harvesting at different times

• by chemical exposure

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Genetic engineering has directly increased productivity in which U.S. industry?

• Social Media

• Automobiles

• Education

• Agriculture

Many countries in the world eat a diet consisting mostly of rice which is filling but is often low in nutritional value. Which one of these biotechnologies could be used to create a more nutritional rice?

• Genetic modification of current rice plants

• Cloning of current rice plants

• Watering current rice plants additionally

• Providing more pesticides to current rice plants

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Which is the most important when investigating ethical issues in biotechnology?

• public opinion of the technology

• cost of the technology

• benefits of the technology outweighing the harm

• advantages of the technology

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Which career field is most closely related to biotechnology?

• medicine

• journalism

• meteorology

• political science

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