Biotechnology Quiz

Selective breeding is...

• a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits

• natural method of producing offspring with desired traits

• creating a new species

• making organisms reproduce during times of stress

One problem with selective breeding is

• creating a new species

• gene variety is lost

• extinction of a species

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A precise gene editing system that can recognize a DNA sequence and then alter it or replace it.

• Transformation

• Electrophoresis

• rDNA

• CRISPR Cas9

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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What was the first cloned animal?

• Dolly the Sheep

• Robby the Rat

• Milton the Mouse

• Gavin the Goat

What is a GMO?

• An organism that has had its DNA modified by humans

• An organism missing a chromosome

• Epigenetics

• A genetically identical organism

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

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Fingerprinting

Which type of Biotechnology Creates identical offspring?

• Selective Breeding

• Genetic Engineering

• Cloning

What is the purpose of biotechnology?

• Using our knowledge of DNA to manipulate the DNA of living things.

• Using DNA to create more Cells.

• Using our knowledge of DNA and genes to control other humans.

• Using out knowledge of DNA to increase the amount of money on the planet.

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Genetic engineering has been used to produce

• medicine

• animals for food

• improved crops

• all of these