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Chapter 19 - Biotechnology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________ refers to a technology that applies genetics or genetic knowledge or the use of organisms in various industries for the production of useful substances.

a)

Nanotechnology

b)

Biotechnology

c)

Marine technology

d)

Microbiology

2.

__________ biotechnology is refers to industry field.

a)

Blue

b)

White

c)

Green

d)

Red

3.

Fermentation is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohols and carbon dioxide or organic acids by the action of microorganisms.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Fermentation of milk can produce soy sauce and soybean paste.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Chicken eggs can be enriched with vitamin A, D, E, K and _____.

a)

protein

b)

B complexes

c)

zinc

d)

potassium

6.

Seeds harvested from the hybrid plants _____ be used for replanting

a)

can

b)

cannot

7.

Super hybrid rice is non-photoperiodic and not affected by day length.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The two common herbicides are glyphosate and __________.

a)

gluphosinate

b)

glufosinate

c)

glyfosinate

d)

gluphosate

9.

__________ is extracted from ocean pout fish and _____ hormone is extracted from Chinook salmon to transfer into the eggs of north Atlantic salmon.

a)

Expresser; steroid

b)

Expresser; growth

c)

Promoter; growth

d)

Lac gene; steroid

10.

Transgenic Tilapia is able to detect aquatic pollution and can be used as environmental sensor.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The main isoform of HGH is __________ with 191 amino acids.

a)

HGH-V22k

b)

HGH-V25k

c)

HGH-V3

d)

HGH-V2

12.

Human insulin shows a __________ duration of response than that of animal’s insulin.

a)

shorter

b)

longer

13.

Gene therapy involves gene replacement or gene supplementation.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

In germ-line gene therapy, _______________ are treated.

a)

body cells

b)

reproductive cells

15.

__________ is caused by the genetic defect of bone marrow cells in gene coding for the ADA enzyme.

a)

SCID

b)

Cystic fibrosis

c)

Haemophilia

d)

Thalassemia

16.

In gene therapy for SCID, __________ is used to infect the patient’s T cells.

a)

provirus

b)

retrovirus

17.

Cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects the proper function of __________ cells.

a)

stomach

b)

liver

c)

epithelial

d)

kidney

18.

In cystic fibrosis patients, the gene codes for faulty protein or no protein and this has caused the mucus becomes abnormally _____ and _____.

a)

thick; watery

b)

thick; sticky

c)

thin; watery

d)

thin; sticky

19.

DNA fingerprinting involves __________ blotting.

a)

Western

b)

Northern

c)

Southern

d)

Eastern

20.

CVS can be done through the abdomen while amniocentesis can be done through either abdomen or cervix.

a)

True

b)

False