Genetic Engineering

How much do you know about your genes?

WHAT IS A GENE?

• A cell in the human body

• A protein

• The basic unit of hereditary information

2. WHAT IS A GENOME?

• The part of a cell

• All the cells in an organism

• The set of hereditary information of an organism

3. WHERE IS YOUR DNA?

• In all your cells

• Only in your blood

• In your skin

4. WHO HAS THE EXACT SAME DNA AS YOU?

• Your relatives

• Only you

• Your children

5. WHAT CONDITIONS CAN CURRENTLY BE GENETICALLY TESTED FOR?

• Some cancer and gene diseases

• Infectious diseases

• All diseases

6. GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CAN ENABLE HUMANS TO ...

• Get information about a foetus's health

• Create super-babies

• Engineer a race of super-humans

7. WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS ABOUT G. ENGINEERING IS TRUE?

• G.E. changes all the DNA in an organism

• G.E. changes a specific chromosome in an organism

• G.E. changes a specific gene in an organism

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

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

• genetic engineering
• electrophoresis
• gene therapy
• GMO

Transgenic organisms contain

• genes from other species.
• cells of another organism.
• genes of only one parent.
• one or more human genes.