Tutorial 2 (Cloning)

Method separating & analyzing macromolecules (incl. DNA, RNA & proteins) can be used for...

• Parent testing

• Criminal investigation

• Sequence endangered species DNA

• All of the above

Which of the following involves ethics?

• Passing a law to grow more crops in a specific area

• Passing a law to allow doctors to euthanize people who are terminally ill

• Passing a law to increase fine for people texting while driving

• Passing a law to decrease driving speed limits in traffic accident hotspots

An argument in favor of food biotechnology is:

• It provides food that cure disease

• It provides more food to feed a growing population

• It provides cash crop for low income nations

• Biotech foods are not controversial

What is the benefit of genetically modified organisms?

• They may be better looking or more productive / effective

• They are easily reproduced

• They are higher in population

• They live longer / stronger

All of the following are advantages of genetically modified organisms except:

• Pest resistant crops

• Unknown long-term health effects

• More nutritional foods

• Create more human insulin

Which of the following is not a concern of biotechnology?

• Ethics concerns with human cloning

• Health concerns about eating genetically modified foods

• Environmental concerns of releasing genetically modified organisms into ecosystem

• Concerns that we will harvest too much food for global population

Which of the following is NOT a common ethical concern related to human cloning?

• That humans will be created who exist solely as a supply of organs for transplants

• That clones will be more prone to abnormal development

• That parents will pay to have a child that is a clone of a famous athlete

• That cloned humans will have no personality

Which example represents a modern biotechnology technique that raises potential ethical issues?

• Adding animal genes to a plant

• Selective breeding to get better corn

• Crossbreeding two different plants

• Using bacteria in the making of food

Clones have the exact same:

• Physical appearances

• Personalities

• Intelligence levels

• Genetic material

How might cloning eventually help humans live longer?

• Clones tend to live longer than the parent organism

• By being cloned multiple times, a person could essentially live forever

• Cloned human organs could replace unhealthy ones

• Food obtained from cloned organisms would be healthier than ordinary food