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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

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Which of the following is the process of using technology to create or modify living things?

• Biotechnology

• Replication

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How can agricultural biotechnology have a positive impact on the environment?

• By developing crops that are pest resistant requiring fewer pesticides to be used.

• planting crops in shaded areas.

• Harvesting crops that have thick stems and leaves.

• water crops with a recycled irrigation system.

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What type of job would a person who studied biotechnology in college be likely to have?

• A job making medicines

• A job studying stars.

• A job studying the physical features on Earth.

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What would increase the money made by farmers in North Carolina through biotechnology?

• Tomatoes that are different in color.

• Tomatoes that are smaller.

• Tomatoes that taste the same.

• Tomatoes that are resistant to disease.

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______________uses bacteria to clean up our surrounding.

• Genome

• Bioremediation 

• Genetic Modification 

• Crossbreeding 

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Which of the following careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?

• electrical Engineering 

• Astronomy 

• Agricultural research 

• Geology 

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What role do consumers perform related to energy flow within an ecosystem?

• Consumers take in energy when they eat other organisms.

• Consumers block energy taken in directly from the sun.

• Consumers allow decomposers to use energy from food to survive.

• Consumers release energy so that producers can make food.

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Which statement explains what occurs during photosynthesis?

• Plants take in minerals and release carbon dioxide.

• Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

• Plants take in sugar and release minerals.

• Plants take in oxygen and release sugar.

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What would most likely happen if decomposers were removed from an ecosystem?

• Less organic matter would be returned to the soil.

• More organic matter would be returned to the soil.

• Producers would be unable to complete photosynthesis.

• Consumers would be unable to obtain energy from producers.

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