biotechnology

What has the benefits of decreased pesticide, decreased pollution, increased nutrition, & increased production for agriculture

Antibiotics are medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria.

• True

• False

Genetically modified food (or GM food) is food produced from plants or animals whose DNA has been altered through genetic engineering.

• True

• False

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Which is a potential ethical issue resulting from the use of biotechnology?

• deteriorating the ozone layer

• causing mass extinction of a species

• increasing pollution of natural resources

• introducing a genetically-altered species

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If scientists engineer the DNA of tomatoes to make them survive in cold temperatures, what do type of technology do those tomatoes become?

• Human Genome Project

• Genetically Modified Organisms

• Punnett Squares

• Gene Therapy

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This laboratory procedure is known as

• CLONING

• gel electrophoresis

• chromatography

• use of a dichotomous key

In preparation for an electrophoresis procedure, enzymes are added to DNA in order to

• convert the DNA into gel

• cut the DNA into fragments

• change the color of the DNA

• produce longer sections of DNA

Which chemicals are used to cut DNA into fragments for a gel electrophoresis procedure?

• enzymes

• molecular bases

• hormones

• ATP molecules

Which suspect is likely guilty?

• Suspect #1
• Suspect #2
• Suspect #3

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An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering.

• Bioremediation

• Genetic Engineering

• Genetic Modification

• Transgenic Organisms