A

Bacteria cells can be used to produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes in humans. Which best explains how the bacteria cells are able to produce insulin for humans?

• The bacteria have been grown on a petri dish containing insulin.

• The bacteria have been genetically engineered to contain the DNA needed to produce insulin.

• The bacteria have been exposed to radioactivity to create mutant strains capable of producing insulin.

• The bacteria have been grown on a petri dish containing sugar; the bacteria produce insulin in response to the sugar.

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Which is a career that would use microorganisms to remove pollutants from water?

• Medical Specialist

• DNA Fingerprint Specialist

• Environmental Protection Agency Specialist

• Center for Disease Control

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Which are most closely related to Biotechnology?

• Medicine and Agriculture

• Construction and Engineering

• Water Treatment and Electricity Generation

• Communication and Information technology?

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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

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which best describes a controversial issue associated with the use of genetically modified crops?

• the use of genetically modified crops to increase potential yield

• the short term use of genetically modified crops in famine stricken countries

• the development of genetically modified crops which are resistant to herbicides

• the long term effects which may arise from the use of genetically modified crops

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Which would a person who pursues a career in bioinformatics study?

• ways DNA stores information

• ways of cross-breeding plants

• ways of cross-breeding animals

• ways of storing and retrieving biological data (information)

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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

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

• Agriculture

• Automobile

• Media

• None of these

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Which of the following layers of the atmosphere has the hottest temperatures?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere