Biotechnology

Which of these is the correct definition of genetic modification/genetic engineering?

• Choosing individuals to mate based on desired characteristics

• Observing genetic changes in populations over time based on adaptive traits

• Extracting stem cells to differentiate into specialized tissues

• Altering the DNA of an organism at the molecular level

This is the practice of choosing individuals of a species to mate based on their desirable characteristics

• Bacterial recombination

• Natural selection

• Genetic modification

• Selective breeding

This is the practice of producing a genetically identical cell or organism

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Fingerprinting

This is the practice of inserting the DNA of another species into an organism's DNA so that the organism gains a new trait.

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Fingerprinting

Which of the following is the process of using technology to create or modify living things?

• Biotechnology

• Replication

• Transcription

• Translation

If scientists engineer the DNA of tomatoes to make them survive in cold temperatures, what do type of technology do those tomatoes become?

• Human Genome Project

• Genetically Modified Organisms

• Punnett Squares

• Gene Therapy

Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?

• natural selection
• selective breeding
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

Which is a use of genetically engineered bacteria? 

• making human insulin
• DNA fingerprint for blood left at a crime scene 
• producing corn that is resistant to herbicides

what does hybridization produce?

• natural selection with a combination of the best traits from each parent

• artificial selection with a combination of the best traits from each parent

• Replication with a combination of the best traits from each parent

• offspring with a combination of the best traits from each parent

Continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• inbreeding

• evolution