Text 2 Bringing Them Back to Life

What is the closest anyone has gotten to true de-extinction?

• Bringing back the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park

• Witnessing the clone of Celia

• Manipulating stem cells

• Recovering ancient DNA

Where did the closed-session scientific meeting to discuss de-extinction take place?

• Washington, D.C.

• Chicago

• New York City

• Los Angeles

Who argued that mammoths and other big grazing mammals maintained the grassland in Siberia?

• Alberto Fernández-Arias

• George Church

• Michael Crichton

• Sergey Zimov

What do de-extinction advocates believe the cloning and genomic engineering technologies could help with?

• Building new cities

• Developing new gadgets

• Preserving endangered species

• Creating new species

What did George Church compare the development of biotechnology for de-extinction to?

• Polio vaccines

• Space exploration

• Iron lungs

• Artificial intelligence

What is the main focus of the text?

• The potential benefits of de-extinction

• The consequences of de-extinction

• The history of de-extinction

• The films that explore de-extinction

According to the article, why is bringing back a T-Rex not possible?

• People are sick of Jurassic Park movies.

• The DNA is too old.

• De-extinction is unavailable for reptiles.

• Cloning any animal is impossible.

What is an "iron lung"?

• A Heavy Metal band from the 80's.

• A disease that some believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

• A medical ventilator.

• Slang for "bullet proof vest."