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Human Engineering Article Vocab Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Verb--to check for truth or validity

a)

eugenics

b)

verify

c)

denounce

d)

ethical

2.

verb--to declare that something is wrong or evil

a)

denounce

b)

lax

c)

enhance

d)

allege

3.

noun-the science of improving humans through controlled breeding to achieve desirable hereditary traits

a)

renegade

b)

bioethicists

c)

eugenics

d)

moratorium

4.

adjective--morally just; righteous

a)

bioethicists

b)

moratorium

c)

domestic

d)

ethical

5.

adj--motivated by achieving public notoriety 😈

a)

PR driven

b)

gut check

c)

egregious

d)

domestic

6.

adjective--relating to one's own country

a)

renegade

b)

domestic

c)

ethical

d)

eugenics

7.

noun--the amount that something can hold

a)

renegade

b)

bioethicists

c)

capacity

d)

gut check

8.

noun--an evaluation to determine if one's actions are harmonious with one's beliefs

a)

ethical

b)

enhance

c)

moratorium

d)

gut check

9.

adjective--claim without proof

a)

enhance

b)

allege

c)

denounce

d)

ethical

10.

adjective--grievous; shocking; appalling

a)

ethical

b)

gut check

c)

verify

d)

egregious

11.

noun--people concerned with studying the moral implications of life science research, including but not limited to medical procedures, technologies, and treatments

a)

renegades

b)

moratorium

c)

PR-driven

d)

bioethicists

12.

n--a suspension placed on an activity

a)

PR-driven

b)

moratorium

c)

consent

d)

eugenics

13.

adj--not strict; relaxed

a)

lax

b)

egregious

c)

enhance

d)

ethical

14.

n--a rebellious person

a)

renegade

b)

moratorium

c)

bioethicist

d)

gut check

15.

verb--to forbid something by rule, law, or authority

a)

ehance

b)

consent

c)

prohibit

d)

lax

16.

n--permission

a)

enhance

b)

moratorium

c)

consent

d)

renegade

17.

n--eugenics

a)

bioethicists

b)

renegade

c)

human genetic engineering

d)

mice

18.

verb--to make better or to a higher degree

a)

denounce

b)

allege

c)

verify

d)

enhance

19.

noun--the genre of literature based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

a)

realistic fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

fantasy fiction

d)

informational text

20.

Which statement best fits your beliefs after doing a quick "gut check"?

a)

Scientists have no business altering human genes to make humans better than what they were originally intended to be.

b)

People who possess scientific intelligence have every right to use their gift to improve human life, even if that means altering human genes to do it.

c)

Scientists need to limit their gifts to improve human life, such as fixing only those genes that would make a person be "normal."

d)

Scientific advancement is amazing; I wish my parents could have designed me exactly the way they wanted me to be.