Cloning and Genetic Engineering Quiz

What makes cloning animals more challenging than cloning plants?

• Animals have meristems like plants.

• Animals can be cloned by planting a part in soil.

• Animals lack special areas like meristems for cloning.

• Animals naturally clone themselves.

Why was Dolly the sheep named 'Dolly'?

• Due to the cell type used in cloning.

• After a famous scientist.

• Because of her unique wool.

• In honor of a famous singer's voice.

What is the first step in the process of cloning an animal like Dolly?

• Extracting DNA from an egg cell.

• Removing the nucleus from a skin cell.

• Taking a normal adult cell from the animal to be cloned.

• Implanting the embryo into a surrogate.

How do scientists stimulate an egg cell to start dividing into an embryo during cloning?

• By using electricity.

• By exposing it to light.

• By using chemical solutions.

• By applying heat.

What is a potential future application of cloning in medicine?

• Enhancing animal intelligence.

• Producing human organs for transplants.

• Developing new types of plants.

• Creating new species of animals.