Biotechnology

How can using genetically engineered crops impact North Carolina’s economy?

• Improve quality of farm equipment.

• Decreased availability of productive land.

• Decreased food production and more debt for farmers.

• Increased food production and income for the farmers.

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What would be an economic benefit of bioremediation in a coastal town that just experienced an oil spill?

• The cost of purified water will increase resulting in more revenue for the town.

• Water and land areas will be cleaned of oil, encouraging more tourists to visit the town and spend money there.

• The oil from the spill will be recovered from bioremediation and used as fuel in future.

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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 are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture?

• Crop irrigation

• DNA fingerprinting

• Gentically modified crops

• Crop rotation

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How does the biotechnology industry benefit North Carolina?

• Many new, high paying jobs are created

• The average salary of the worker in NC decreased.

• New technologies being developed are too expensive for people here to afford.

• State budget increases from the construction of new facilities.

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What would be a negative side of genetically modified foods?

• Lower cost of production.

• Long-term health effects, such as possible allergies to proteins not found in foods before GMO’s.

• Ability to produce more food in less time.

• Ability to grow more nutritious food in less time.

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

• Biotechnology

• GMO

• Pest resistant crops

• Transpiration

What type of job could a person who studies biotechnology in college have? (check all that apply)

• Create new medicines and vaccines

• Create disease/pest resistant crop varieties

• Work in a forensic lab testing crime scene evidence

• Create environmentally friendly ways to clean up pollution

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Which positive ways has Biotechnology impacted our environment?

• Reduced Pesticides use

• Improved color and taste of vegetables

• Improved our waterways

• All of the above

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