Biotechnology Quiz

Genetic engineering has been used to produce

• medicines.
• food animals.
• improved crops.
• all of these.

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Which is used to cut DNA molecules at specific points?

• gel electrophoresis
• PCR analysis
• a restriction enzyme
• recombinant DNA

Which produces offspring from a single cell of an adult?

• inbreeding.
• mutations.
• hybridization.
• cloning.

Transgenic organisms contain

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

A molecule containing DNA from two different organisms is called

• a plasmid.
• a polyploid.
• a hybrid organism.
• recombinant DNA.

Genes found on DNA contain the instructions for making  

• pyrimidines 
  
• pyrimidines
• proteins
• purines

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Any change or mistake in DNA replication can cause a ________  

• cancer cell 
  
• virus
• disease
  
• mutation

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simple ring of DNA from prokaryotes

• plasmid
• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• gene

molecular scissors that "cut' DNA

• plasmid
• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• gene

What do we call the science of using the genetic makeup living things to create products?

• Biotechnology

• Genealogy

• Pharmacology

• Neurology

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