Industrial and Environmental Biotech (Blendspace)

What is bioremediation?

• Using microbes to clean up environmental pollutants

• Using microbes to make more microbes

• Using microbes to create pollutants

• Using microbes to locate pollutants

Which of these is NOT an example of a type of bioremediation?

• Biostimulation

• Bioaugmentation

• Fermentation

• Natural Attenuation

What are the names of the 2 layers in compost?

• Black and Yellow

• Green and Black

• Brown and Green

• Brown and Yellow

The difference between aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is that aerobic bacteria need oil in order to survive.

• True

• False

Composting does not attract animals.

• True

• False

Bioremediation is used to help clean up oil spills.

• True

• False

Through which biotechnology process were the beaches along the Prince William Sound cleaned up after the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster?

• Bioremediation

• Bioprocessing

• Composting

• Bioleaching

What does an environmental biotechnologist use to clean up an oil spill?

• Oil-eating Bacteria

• Ethanol

• Gene Therapy

• Chemicals

What is the process of using bacteria, fungi, and other organisms to break down organic matter and return nutrients to the soil?

• Composting

• Biomining

• Fermentation

• Bioleaching

The term biodegradable product means:

• The products break down safely by natural means

• The products can be safely eaten by humans

• All the component parts of the product are made in the laboratory

• The products are made up of various species of bacteria