Unit 5 - Genetic Engineering

People have changed the characteristics of plants and animals for thousands of years through which of the following processes.

• CRISPR - Cas9

• Selective Breeding

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Cloning

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The manipulation of the genes within a cell or organism to change the genetic makeup of the organism is known as which of the following terms?

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• CRISPR-Cas9

• Genetic Engineering

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Artificial Selection is a form of genetic engineering. Which one of the following techniques is NOT a method which falls under Artificial Selection?

• Selective Breeding

• Gene Splicing

• Hybridization

• Inbreeding

Breeders choose which organisms to mate to produce offspring with desired traits this is called which of the following?

• Artificial Selection

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Transgenic

When two individuals with unlike characteristics are crossed to produce the best of both organisms it is called which of the following?

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Inbreeding

• Hybridization

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A Liger (a mix between a lion and tiger) would be best know as which of the following.

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Hybridization

• Inbreeding

• Gene Altering

Inbreeding is breeding of an organism that is genetically similar to maintain desired traits. Choose TWO animals below that use inbreeding the most to maintain desired traits.

• Dinosaurs

• Wooly Mammoth

• Dogs

• Cats

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Creating an organism that are the same exact genetic copy of each other from a group of cells or organisms that are genetically identical as a result of asexual reproduction is known as which of the following?

• Inbreeding

• Cloning

• Hybridization

• Jurassic Park Science

The first animal ever cloned was named "Dolly" what type of animal was she?

• Dog

• Dinosaur

• Monkey

• Sheep

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The exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes especially genetic manipulation of microorganisms for production of antibiotics and other hormones is know as which of the following?

• Cross breeding

• Biotechnology

• Artificial Breeding

• Cloning

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