Biotechnology

Scientists have produced a genetically modified orange tree that is resistant to disease. Which of the following is the best example of a potential benefit to society that could result from this biotechnology?

• reduction in orange crops produced

• increase in orange crops produced

• increase in the cost of orange crop

• a change in the distribution of insects that pollinate orange flowers

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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

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

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Fingerprinting

What does transgenic mean?

• An organism that can change its genes at will

• A stem cell that can differentiate into anything

• An organism that has had another species' DNA put in it

• A bacteria that reproduces asexually

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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A genome is

• part of a chromosome
• a gene inserted into a chromosome of bacteria
• a sequence of units in a short segment of DNA
• the complete sequence of an organism’s DNA  
  

______________uses bacteria to clean up our surrounding.

• Genome
• Bioremediation 
• Genetic Modification 
• Crossbreeding 

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GMO stands for

• Genetically Made Organism
• Growing More Organisms
• Genetically Modified Organism
• Growing Many Organisms

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

Gene therapy is when:

• A person's genes are edited

• New genes are added to a person's genome

• Bacterial DNA is incorporated into the human genome

• Stem cells are used to cure a disease

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