BrainPoP BIotechnology

In what year did scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland clone a sheep?

• 1984

• 1996

• 2003

• 1920

What is the name of the cloned sheep discussed in the text?

• Molly

• Daisy

• Lucy

• Dolly

What process did scientists use to clone the sheep?

• Nuclear transfer

• Selective breeding

• Mitotic cell division

• Genetic modification

What does DNA stand for?

• Dinucleotide acid

• Dinucleic oxygen acid

• Deoxyribose nuclear acid

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

How many sheep were involved in the creation of Dolly?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• One

What significant difference set Dolly apart from previous cloning attempts?

• She was cloned without any genetic modifications

• She was cloned using DNA from an adult cell

• She was the first animal to be cloned

• She was cloned from a cell of a living animal

Which are most closely related to biotechnology?

• medicine and agriculture

• construction and engineering

• water treatment and electricity generation

• communication and information technology

Which use of biotechnology most benefits North Carolina agriculture?

• producing human vaccines

• producing disease resistant crops

• producing new medicines from bacteria

• producing enzymes to eliminate pollutants

Which area of biotechnology would most likely create ethical issues within human society?

• insulin production by bacteria

• organ cloning for use in transplants

• genetic engineering to improve agricultural yields

• DNA and forensic testing of crime scene evidence

Genetic engineering has directly increased productivity in which U.S. industry?

• agriculture

• automobile

• media

• none of the above