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Worksheets2017 EOC Test Prep
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to control cell activity
c)
to remove waste products
d)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
2.
This part of the cell is also known as the "powerhouse"
a)
cell membrane
b)
storage
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
mitochondria
3.
What is the fluid inside a cell called?
a)
Endoplasimic Reticulum
b)
Orange Juice
c)
Water
d)
Cytoplasm
4.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Fungus is used at paper mills to reduce pollution from soil entering the water table.
Fungus is used at paper mills to reduce pollution from soil entering the water table.
a)
Forensic
b)
Agricultural
c)
Environmental
d)
Consumer Goods
5.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Using Roundup Ready cotton to improve cotton production on a farm.
Using Roundup Ready cotton to improve cotton production on a farm.
a)
Forensic
b)
Agricultural
c)
Medical
d)
Consumer Goods
6.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Fingerprints were found at a crime scene and show a criminal was present during a crime.
Fingerprints were found at a crime scene and show a criminal was present during a crime.
a)
Forensic
b)
Agricultural
c)
Environmental
d)
Consumer Goods
7.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Completing the Human Genome Project to identify genes that may predict diseases.
Completing the Human Genome Project to identify genes that may predict diseases.
a)
Forensic
b)
Environmental
c)
Medical
d)
Consumer Goods
8.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Using enzymes from bacteria in laundry detergent to whiten clothes.
Using enzymes from bacteria in laundry detergent to whiten clothes.
a)
Forensic
b)
Environmental
c)
Medical
d)
Consumer Goods
9.
What is a benefit of using biotechnologies in agriculture?
a)
Increase modifications
b)
Increase resistance
c)
Decreased nutrition
d)
Increase crop yield
10.
Which category does the following biotechnology fall under?
Animal feed products are fortified with protein to boost nutrition and control diseases.
Animal feed products are fortified with protein to boost nutrition and control diseases.
a)
Forensic
b)
Agricultural
c)
Medical
d)
Consumer Goods
11.
The growth of living organisms in a prepared medium or media.
a)
Gene
b)
Culture
c)
Cell
d)
Bio-processing
12.
A chemical activity using yeast to decompose materials(carbohydrates).
a)
Fermentation
b)
Clone
c)
Bioprocessing
d)
Hybrid
13.
Artificially changing the genetic material of a cell.
a)
Amino Acid
b)
Nucleic Acid
c)
Phenotype
d)
Genetic Engineering
14.
In selective breeding, it usually refers to offspring of two different species or strains.
a)
Fermentation
b)
Hybrid
c)
Phenotype
d)
Proteins
15.
The physical appearance of an organism.
a)
Fermentation
b)
Phenotype
c)
Phenotype
d)
Plasmid
16.
The use of computers and information technology to gain a new understanding of biology.
a)
Bioreactor
b)
Bioinformatics
c)
Hybrid
d)
Neither
17.
In bread making, what microorganism eats the sugar in bread dough which gives off carbon dioxide gas and alcohol?
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Amoeba
d)
Yeast
18.
North Carolina's #1 Biotech Industry is
a)
Biomedical Research
b)
Environmental Biotechnology
c)
Making Clones
d)
Agriculture
19.
In the fall of the year, the days get shorter and trees change colors. Why do leaves change their colors?
a)
Because they dry up.
b)
They stop making chlorophyll.
c)
They become coated with colorful algae.
d)
The air temperature causes the color change
20.
The word part, or prefix, bio refers to
a)
Technical Devices
b)
People
c)
Useful Items
d)
Living things
21.
The word biotechnology has been in use since the
a)
1700s
b)
1800s
c)
1900s
d)
2000s
22.
Biotechnology may make it possible to customize the genetic makeup of crop plants so they can grow in exceptionally dry or wet, hot or cold climates.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Medicine
d)
Environment
23.
Lactaid milk products produced using the enzyme lactose.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Medicine
d)
Environment
24.
Microbes are capable of cleaning up fuel spills from gas stations.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
25.
Flu vaccine that is not a shot-it is a nasal spray.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
26.
Sewage Plants collect methane gas to fuel generators or air compressors.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
27.
InHuman Genome Project-to locate and identify every gene in the human body.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
28.
Roundup Ready Cotton is resistant to applications of Roundup herbicide designed to kill weeds.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Environment
d)
Mediine
29.
Corn with the Bt gene is an insect-protected variety that provides a high level of genetically introduced protection against insects like the corn borer from eating on the plant.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
30.
Contact lens solutions contain enzymes to break down proteins that build up on lenses.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
31.
Using methane-producing bacteria(pr methane gas from waste lagoon) to heat homes in third-world countries.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
32.
BST hormone that is given to cows to help increase their milk production by as much as 20%.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
33.
Fabric detergents are becoming more effective because of the addition of enzymes to their active ingredients that helps with stain removal.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
34.
Fruit Juices are made using the enzyme pectinase which breaks down the pulp into juice.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
35.
Oil eating bacteria that helps to clean up oil spills.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
36.
New Tests(assays) to diagnose inherited diseases and common illnesses like strep throat have been developed through Biotechnology.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
37.
There is a fungus which is used to break down a wood preservative that contaminates the soil near old sawmills.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Food & Consumer Goods
c)
Environment
d)
Medicine
38.
Who was the first adult mammal successfully cloned?
a)
Dolly the Sheep
b)
Copy Cat the Cat
c)
Double Donald the Duck
d)
Agouti Gout the Mouse
39.
Which is a use of genetically engineered bacteria?
a)
making human insulin
b)
DNA fingerprint for blood left at a crime scene
c)
producing corn that is resistant to herbicides
40.
Using fermentation to produce a large amount of pepsin to use in making cheese.
a)
Agricultural
b)
Environmental
c)
Food & Consumer Goods
d)
Medical
41.
Developing a human growth hormone to counteract dwarfism.
a)
Agricultural
b)
Environmental
c)
Food & Consumer Goods
d)
Medical
42.
Which area of biotechnology is used to improve the products we use everyday?
a)
Agricultural
b)
Environmental
c)
Food & Consumer Goods
d)
Medical
43.
What is an example of Agricultural biotechnology?
a)
Genetically altered crops that can grow in exceptionally dry or wet, hot or cold climates.
b)
Flu Vaccines that are nasal sprays
c)
Microbes are grown so that their amino acids can be used to produce a product such as Spelenda® sweetener or Sweet-n-Low®.
d)
Fabric detergents are becoming more effective because of the addition of enzymes to their active ingredients.
44.
What was the 1st biotech company?
a)
Monsanto
b)
Genetech
c)
Syngenta
45.
Janis plans to pursue a master's degree.How might this degree MOST LIKELY affect Janis career?
a)
She will live a happier life.
b)
She will become a supervisor.
c)
She will earn less money.
d)
She will dislike her job.
46.
Roderick recently earned his doctoral degree Which job is he MOST LIKELY pursuing?
a)
Research scientist
b)
Sales representative
c)
Technical writer
d)
Veterinary technician
47.
Kumi graduated from a community college and is lab technician . What degree did she receive?
a)
Doctoral
b)
Associate
c)
Bachelor
d)
Master
48.
Someone who is interested in pursuing a marketing career in the biotech industry should enjoy:
a)
Working in a lab with various machines
b)
Conducting pharmaceutical research
c)
Caring for a variety of lab animals.
d)
Meeting and talking with people.
49.
Susan has a highschool diploma and experience, she could interview for which job?
a)
Toxicologist
b)
Biophysicist
c)
Veterinary technician
d)
Laboratory assistant
50.
Which career in biotechnology requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree?
a)
Biological technician
b)
Technical writer
c)
Laboratory assistant
d)
Industry secretary
51.
The way that crimes are solved today was affected by which of the following technologies?
a)
gene therapy
b)
DNA fingerprinting
c)
genetic testing
d)
Genetic modification
52.
This project was established to identify all 300,000+ genes found in our DNA.
a)
Human genome project
b)
Animal DNA study
c)
Human genetics road map project
d)
The DNA solution
53.
Which is a negative result of the use of biotechnology in agriculture?
a)
Increased crop yields
b)
Reduction in pesticide use
c)
Unknown side effects
d)
Higher nutritional values
54.
Scientific study of crime scene evidence.
a)
bacteria
b)
cloning
c)
protein
d)
forensics
55.
Who discovered by accident that penicillin mold acts as a powerful antibiotic in 1928?
a)
Watson
b)
Pasteur
c)
Wilmut
d)
Fleming
56.
Using bacteria that produces methane to heat homes in third world countries is an example of using biotechnology in which area?
a)
Medicine
b)
Environment
c)
Food and Consumer Goods
d)
Agriculture
57.
This man is known as the "Father of Medicine" because he wrote the Hippocratic Oath which doctors still use today to ensure good patient care, and because he was one of the first doctors to understand the connection between healthy living and a healthy body.
a)
James Watson
b)
Louis Pasteur
c)
Hippocrates
d)
Socrates
58.
Which beverage was one of the first drinks to be created using biological fermentation, and when was it first known to be made, AND who made it?
a)
Wine, in the 1800s, by the French.
b)
Wine, in 400BC, by the Germans.
c)
Beer, in the 1800s, by Americans.
d)
Beer, in 1750BC, by the Sumerians.
59.
In 1797, _________ was the first doctor to:
a)
use gene therapy to treat an immune disorder
b)
develop a higher-yielding wheat to feed the hungry
c)
inoculate a child with the first smallpox vaccine to prevent the child from getting the disease
d)
develop DNA fingerprinting
60.
Which of the answers is what Mendel discovered while working with pea plants in 1863?
a)
genes may be altered to contain genes from other species
b)
traits are inherited from parents to offspring through units called genes
c)
sheep can be cloned if the procedure is done correctly
d)
conjoined twins may be separated through surgery if the procedure is done correctly
61.
Louis Pasteur created many things, including the food-preservation process of pasteurization and which vaccine?
a)
Smallpox Vaccine
b)
AIDS Vaccine
c)
Diabetes Vaccine
d)
Rabies Vaccine
62.
Which of the choices is an example of using biotechnology in the area of Food and Consumer Goods?
a)
Contact lens solutions with enzymes to break down proteins that build up on lenses.
b)
Test strips that show the level of glucose in the blood using biosensors.
c)
Corn with the Bt gene so it resists pests and can make a higher yield.
d)
Sewage plants collecting methane gas to use as fuel for generators.
63.
Who discovered the 3D structure of DNA using x-ray crystallography in 1952 but did not receive credit for the work until much later?
a)
Watson
b)
Crick
c)
Franklin
d)
Wilkins
64.
Which team won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for their 3D model of the 3D structure of DNA?
a)
Cohen & Boyer
b)
Watson & Crick
c)
Carson & Wilmut
d)
Hippocrates & Jenner
65.
Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for:
a)
feeding the world by developing new varieties of wheat with higher yields and stronger stalks.
b)
cloning a large mammal for the first time ever.
c)
developing the rabies vaccine.
d)
developing gene therapy treatments.
66.
Lactaid milk products produced using the enzyme lactase is an example of biotech in which area?
a)
medicine
b)
agriculture
c)
food and consumer goods
d)
environment
67.
This team worked together to create recombinant DNA using bacterial genes and created the field of genetic engineering in 1973:
a)
Watson & Crick
b)
Cohen & Boyer
c)
Franklin & Wilkins
d)
Snow White & The 7 Dwarves
68.
Louise Brown was born in 1978, through a procedure where a sperm fertilizes an egg in an artificial environment and the embryo is implanted into a female for the embryo to grow and be born. This process is called:
a)
in-vitro fertilization.
b)
gene therapy.
c)
fermentation.
d)
pediatric surgery.
69.
Animal feed products that are enhanced with proteins to boost nutrition and control disease is an example of biotech used in:
a)
medicine
b)
agriculture
c)
food and consumer goods
d)
environment
70.
This disease was identified in 1981 and its main characteristic is that the infected person has a broken immune system and so is open to many infections and illnesses:
a)
Smallpox
b)
Rabies
c)
Parkinson's
d)
AIDS
71.
This is a biotech-based drug, made by Genentech for the first time in 1982, by manipulating bacteria to produce human insulin, to treat which disease?
a)
penicillin, for a staff infection
b)
humulin, for diabetes
c)
recombinant DNA, for gene disorders
d)
IFV, for AIDS
72.
DNA stands for:
a)
do not ask
b)
down narrow alleyways
c)
donkeys nom apples
d)
deoxyribonucleic acid
73.
Ben Carson is best known for being the first to do what in 1987:
a)
surgically separate conjoined twins
b)
create the first smallpox vaccine
c)
create the first test tube baby
d)
perform the first gene therapy treatment
74.
The Human Genome Project, funded by Congress in 1988 worked to:
a)
develop gene therapy
b)
sequence and identify every gene in the human body
c)
develop a cure for AIDS
d)
develop better treatments for diabetes
75.
Ian Wilmut is known for first doing this is 1997 and continues his work with human embryos even today:
a)
successfully separating conjoined twins
b)
creating the first rabies vaccine
c)
cloning the first mammal from adult cells
d)
developing recombinant DNA
76.
What area of research did President Bush give funding to in 2001 in the hopes that the research will result in many new treatments for illnesses through working with cells which can become any type of cell?
a)
Mammal Cloning
b)
Stem Cell Research
c)
Vaccine Development
d)
The Human Genome Project
77.
This involves vegetative plants that have been removed and rooted in soil or other suitable materials.
a)
Cutting
b)
Grafting
c)
Cloning
d)
Tranplanting
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