Biotechnology

_______ _______is the process of selecting and breeding organisms that have certain desire traits.

• Cloning

• Animals

• Artificial selection

• Biotechnology

Artificial selection is also known as ______________.

• Genetic engineering

• Selective breeding

• Biotechnology

Those that breed animals and plants select for alleles which must already be present in the ______________.

• Geographical area

• Segment

• Population

Artificial selection does not ____________DNA but certain alleles do become more common in a population.

• Modify

• Change

• Transfer

----------------- is the use and application of living things and biological processes.

• Biotechnology

• Artificial selection

• Genetic Engineering

New _____________have allowed scientists to directly change DNA and humans have been using biotechnology for thousands of years.

• Changes

• Biological processes

• Technology

Some categories of biotechnology include ___________, genetic engineering, and cloning

• Artificial selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Artificial intelligence

Genetic engineering is the process in which a piece of DNA is ______________for use in research, medicine, agriculture, or industry.

• Modified

• Altered

• Changed

Scientists will take a certain trait of interest and change the DNA. Once this is done, the DNA is _________ to the organism with the desire trait.

• Altered

• Transferred

• Returned

Scientists can also take a segment of DNA from one species and ______________it to the DNA of an organism from another species.

• Exchange

• Modify

• Transfer