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WorksheetsGenetic engineering
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 29mins
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1.
Two selective breeding techniques are?
a)
Cloning and Genetic Engineering
b)
Cloning and Inbreeding
c)
Inbreeding and Genetic Engineering
d)
Inbreeding and Hybridization
2.
In the process of ________, breeders cross two genetically different individuals
a)
inbreeding
b)
cloning
c)
PCR
d)
hybridization
3.
Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?
a)
natural selection
b)
selective breeding
c)
genetic engineering
d)
genetic transformation
4.
Problems with selective breeding such as inbreeding include
a)
Better animals
b)
More Meat
c)
Animals can have health problems
d)
more diversity
5.
Organisms that posses more than two complete sets of chromosomes are said to be
a)
hybrids
b)
polyploid
c)
haploid
d)
diploid
6.
What is Genetic Engineering?
a)
the manipulation of an organism’s genes
b)
a change in an organism's genes
c)
a random and abrupt disruption to DNA
d)
the manipulation of an organism's appearance
7.
Humans have experimented with genetic engineering ________.
a)
a long time
b)
only recently
c)
only in science fiction novels
8.
Making changes in the DNA of an organism is
a)
selective breeding
b)
artificial selection
c)
genetic engineering
d)
genetic transformation
9.
What percent of corn is genetically engineered in the United States?
a)
10%
b)
34%
c)
88%
d)
100%
10.
The cloned animal looks like the
a)
egg donor
b)
nucleus donor
c)
host mother
d)
all of the above
11.
What is a GMO?
a)
A genetically modified organism
b)
An organism with altered DNA
c)
An organism developed by scientists to have desired traits
d)
All of the above
12.
All genetically modified organisms are legal to sell in the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Rice modified to have more Vitamin A
a)
Genetic engineering
b)
Cloning
14.
Dolly the sheep
a)
Genetic engineering
b)
Cloning
15.
True or False: In protein synthesis, translation occurs inside the nucleus.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
In which ways can genetic engineering can improve crops
a)
Make them pest or drought resistant
b)
Make them more nutritious
c)
Make them larger
d)
All answers are correct
17.
Humans with genetic diseases can have a gene inserted into their body using a virus. This is called:
a)
Gene therapy
b)
Cloning
c)
DNA fingerprinting
18.
Corn and rice are two of these most genetically modified crops in the US.
a)
true
b)
false
19.
When DNA is manipulated and moved from one source to another it is known as
a)
genetic engineering
b)
electrophoresis
c)
gene therapy
d)
GMO
20.
Parkinson's is a disease that could be potentially cured through_____.
a)
Gene Therapy
b)
Gene Modification
c)
Selective Breeding
d)
Animal Husbandry
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