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Which project is MOST LIKELY to interest a scientist working at a biotechnology company?

• study and reconstruction of fossilized bones
• conservation of key species within ecosystems
• development of genetically modified corn plants
• prevention of sewage leaking into water supplies

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Horse breeding for specific desired traits is an example of which type of evolutionary evidence?

• Artificial selection
• Embryology
• Fossils
• Biochemical molecules

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Cloning involves

• recombinant DNA
• GMOs
• transgenic animals
• nuclear transfer

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What is gene therapy?

• when the virus acts as a messenger to carry DNA to a diseased cell.
• When a gene talks about its youth.
• Who's Gene?
• none of the above.

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Individual plants or animals in a population with certain desired traits are chosen by breeders, farmers, or ranchers to mate. The people hope to get the desired traits in the offspring.

• Natural selection
• Selective breeding
• Gene flow
• Mutations

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Who is in control when it comes to selective breeding?

• Dogs

• Humans

• Cats

• Mules

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_______________, or selective breeding, is one way that humans impact evolution. One example is how the Belgian Blue cow has been bred to have greater muscle mass.

• Artificial selection

• Homologous

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Domesticated dogs are an example of:

• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding

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9) What are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture?

• Crop irrigation

• DNA fingerprinting

• Gentically modified crops

• Crop rotation

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17) Rice does not provide enough of certain vitamins. How could biotechnology be used to change this?

• Using a high nitrogen fertilzer.

• Using herbicide to get rid of weeds.

• Genetic modification of rice plants that are pest resistant and to produce vitamins they cannot make without biotechnology

• Using pesticide to get rid of pests that can harm the crop.

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