Vocabulary: 8.L.2.1 genetically modified

In which ways can genetic engineering can improve crops

• Make them pest or drought resistant

• Make them more nutritious

• Make them larger

• All answers are correct

Corn and rice are two of these most genetically modified crops in the US.

• true

• false

When DNA is manipulated and moved from one source to another it is known as

• genetic engineering
• electrophoresis
• gene therapy
• GMO

Making changes in the DNA of an organism is

• selective breeding
• artificial selection
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

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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

Why aren't more scientists using gene modification?

• Because they are poor
• Because they are lazy
• Because of ethics and morality
• Because of how long it takes

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Messing with DNA by doing things like putting genes from one organism into another is _____.

• Gene modification
• gene therapy
• Selective breeding
• Animal husbandry

What is genetic modification in plant ?

• adding a specific stretch of DNA into the plant's genome, giving it new or different characteristics.

• adding a green color into the plant's genome, giving it new or different characteristics.

• adding water into the plant's genome, giving it new or different characteristics.

Which field would most likely NOT incorporate  biotechnology?

• Agriculture 
• Genetics 
• Medicine
• Mining 

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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