BIOETHICS VOCABULARY

Which term describes a particular position or point in space?

• Location

• Section

• Clustered

• Interspaced

What is the term for a reason, motive, or explanation for an action or event?

• Cause

• Argument

• Morals

• Positive

What term refers to the set of moral principles that govern an individual's behaviour?

• Morals

• Argument

• Positive

• Gene

Which term describes an argument that judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on its consequences?

• Consequentialist

• Deontological

• Morals

• Positive

Which term describes the study of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome?

• Genetic Mapping

• Genetic Engineering

• Consequentialist

• Deontological

Which term refers to a self-contained unit of genetic material that carries hereditary information?

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Mutation

• Trait

Which term refers to the process of changing the genetic material of an organism?

• Genetic Engineering

• Genetic Mapping

• Consequentialist

• Deontological

Which term describes a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells?

• Sickle Cell Disease

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Mutation

What term describes an action that is considered right or wrong based on a set of rules or principles?

• Deontological, ethics

• Consequentialist

• Morals

• Positive

What is the term for a sequence of DNA that codes for a specific protein?

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Mutation

• Trait