WorksheetsES EOC Review 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is food biotechnology?
a)
Adding chemicals to foods to preserve them.
b)
Making synthetic foods using artificial, man-made proteins.
c)
Inserting a gene with a beneficial trait into a plant cell.
d)
Taking immature plants and adding steroids to make them grow bigger and stronger.
2.
What is not a benefit of plant biotechnology:
a)
Is less expensive than traditional agricultural mehods.
b)
Helps preserve the environment.
c)
Increases the income of farmers.
d)
Controls our nation?s obesity problem.
3.
What carries the code that tells a plant what color it will be or how it will taste?
a)
Corm
b)
Stem
c)
Flower
d)
Gene
4.
Biotech foods look and taste the same as traditional foods and crops. The only difference is that biotech food has
a)
fewer calories.
b)
the addition of specific minerals.
c)
genes with traits that improve something about the plant.
d)
a better chance of surviving a frost during the growing season.
5.
An argument in favor of food biotechnology is that it
a)
provides foods that cure disease.
b)
provides more food to feed a growing population.
c)
provides a cash crop for low income nations.
d)
biotech foods are not controversial
6.
GMO stands for
a)
Genetically modified organism
b)
Genetically made organism
c)
Generally made organ
d)
Generically moderated organism
7.
GMOs can be
a)
plants only
b)
animals only
c)
plant and animal
d)
none of these
8.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
9.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
10.
Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
fatty acids
d)
polysaccharides
11.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
12.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
13.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
14.
people need clean water for raising crops and animals needed for food and for
a)
drinking
b)
washing
c)
whistling
d)
both a and b
15.
runoff carries chemicals form road ways in to
a)
lakes
b)
rivers
c)
oceans
d)
all of the above
16.
Turning the water off while you brush your teeth is an example of
a)
water conservation
b)
water clarity
c)
water purification
d)
water filtration
17.
Most freshwater is ________________.
a)
in aquifers
b)
frozen in ice caps and glaciers
c)
in the atmosphere as water vapor
d)
found in lakes
18.
Why is filtration an important part of water treatment?
a)
Filtration guarantees a clear coloring in water.
b)
Filtration removes small particles from the water.
c)
Filtration adds chlorine to water to kill microorganisms.
d)
Filtration adds vitamins and minerals to drinking water.
19.
This process kills germs and bacteria and makes water safe to drink
a)
Sedimentation
b)
Chlorination
c)
Carbonation
d)
Filtration
20.
Eutrophication is caused by
a)
runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients
b)
cleaning up waterways
c)
using nuclear energy
d)
using solar energy
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