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WorksheetsBrainPop: Cloning
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Clones have the exact same:
Personalities
Physical appearances
Intelligence levels
Genetic material
What can you conclude from the fact that humans have cloned plants for thousands of years?
Much of today's modern technology was developed in ancient times
Cloned plants are immune to all diseases and pests
Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals
Most of the crops that exist today are clones
In what decade was Dolly the cloned sheep born?
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
What was the significance of Dolly the Sheep?
She was the first organism ever cloned
She was the first clone created from an adult animal
She was the first animal cloned as an embryo
She was the first animal to be cloned multiple times
How many sheep were required to create Dolly?
3
2
1
0
Why would scientists want to clone cows?
To produce more cows at a faster rate
To produce adult cows instead of calves
To produce stronger and healthier livestock
To replace chickens and goats, which are harder to clone
How might cloning eventually help humans live longer?
Clones tend to live longer than the parent organism
Cloned human organs could replace unhealthy ones
By being cloned multiple times, a person could essentially live forever
The food obtained from cloned organisms would be healthier than ordinary food
How did Dolly compare to sheep that were cloned with the same DNA?
Dolly lived longer
Dolly had more genetic material
Dolly was less healthy
Dolly had fewer parents
A crop of plants is more likely to survive a deadly virus if the plants:
Have unique DNA
Are planted close together
Receive little sunlight
Are cloned from the same plant
Which of the following is an ethical question about cloning
Can a human clone ever lead a fulfilling life?
How can DNA be removed from adult animal cells?
What will happen to crop yields if cloned plants develop a virus?
Is human cloning scientifically possible?
