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WorksheetsBiotechnology Test Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 20mins
How can agricultural biotechnology have a positive impact on the environment?
By developing crops that are pest resistant requiring fewer pesticides to be used.
planting crops in shaded areas.
Harvesting crops that have thick stems and leaves.
water crops with a recycled irrigation system.
How can using genetically engineered crops impact North Carolina’s economy?
Improve quality of farm equipment.
Decreased availability of productive land.
Decreased food production and more debt for farmers.
Increased food production and income for the farmers.
What would be an economic benefit of bioremediation in a coastal town that just experienced an oil spill?
The cost of purified water will increase resulting in more revenue for the town.
Water and land areas will be cleaned of oil, encouraging more tourists to visit the town and spend money there.
The oil from the spill will be recovered from bioremediation and used as fuel in future.
What type of job would a person who studied biotechnology in college be likely to have?
A job making medicines
A job studying stars.
A job studying the physical features on Earth.
Scientists implant a gene into a species of tomato plant that makes them ripen faster and stay firm as they are transported to stores. What is the benefit of this technology?
Increased toxins in the food.
Increase shelf life and availablity.
Decreased size of tomatoes.
Increased seed production
What are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture?
Crop irrigation
DNA fingerprinting
Gentically modified crops
Crop rotation
What would be a negative side of genetically modified foods?
Lower cost of production.
Long-term health effects, such as possible allergies to proteins not found in foods before GMO’s.
Ability to produce more food in less time.
Ability to grow more nutritious food in less time.
This is the practice of producing a genetically identical cell or organism
Cloning
Gel Electrophoresis
Genetic Engineering
DNA Fingerprinting
This is the practice of inserting the DNA of another species into an organism's DNA so that the organism gains a new trait.
Cloning
Gel Electrophoresis
Genetic Engineering
DNA Fingerprinting
This is the practice of choosing individuals of a species to mate based on their desirable characteristics
Bacterial recombination
Natural selection
Genetic modification
Selective breeding
In the United States, there has been relatively little experimentation involving the insertion of genes from other species into human DNA. What is one reason for the limitations of these experiments?
The subunits of human DNA are different from the DNA subunits of other species.
Inserting foreign DNA into human DNA would require using completely new techniques.
Human DNA always promotes human survival, so there is no need to insert foreign genes into it.
There are many ethical questions to be answered before inserting foreign genes into human DNA.
Many species of bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics because antibiotics have been so widely used. Now, bacteria that used to be killed by antibiotics are more difficult to treat. What is the best way to proceed in dealing with this public health problem?
Antibiotics should no longer be used.
Antibiotics should be made available to anyone without a prescription.
Antibiotics should only be prescribed to people with bacterial infections
Anti-viral medications should now be used instead of antibiotics.
A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
Ethics
Morals
Biofuels
Mutation
The science or practicing of farming
Farming
Plowing
Agriculture
Gardening
Manipulation of living things to make useful products
Microorganism
Farming
Biotechnology
Cloning
A microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus
Bacteria
Microorganism
Fungus
Tiny animal
A type of energy derived from renewable plant and animal materials or organic matter.
Ethanol
Biofuels
Geothermal fuels
Genetic modification
Introduced microorganisms that break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.
Agriculture
Genetic Engineering
Bioremediation
Mutation
Allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another and also between non-related species
Genetic modification
Genetic Engineering
Bioremediation
Stem cells
Random change to a gene that results in a new trait
Mutagen
Mutation
Stem Cells
Bioremediation
Toxic chemical that causes damage to an organisms DNA
Mutation
Mutagen
Stem Cell
Poison
Simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells.
Stem cells
Somatic Cells
Satellite cells
Action or process of regrowth; in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue
Growing
Regeneration
Recovery
Progress
Which type of Biotechnology would include using a certain fungus or bacteria to break down and decompose oil and plastics?
Biofuels
Bioremediation
GMO
Selective Breeding
Bacteria is now able to make human insulin due to which type of biotechnology?
Biofuels
Bioremediation
Genetic Engineering
Selective Breeding
Which of the following careers would involve the use of biotechnology?
Agriculture
Chemistry
Archaeology
Computer Science
Genetic modification of fruits and vegetables has led to more or less availability of crops?
More
Less
One of the oldest and first forms of Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
Selective Breeding
GMO
Cloning
Which two professions/careers benefit most from agriculture?
Agriculture
Mechanical Engineering
Medicine
Video Game Design
How many more atoms does 3OH have than OH3
1
6
3
2
In order to create a compound like CO2, Carbon and Oxygen need to be_________
Mixed
Divided
Bonded
Dissolved
True or False: Elements in the same group will have similar reactivity (Will react similarly in a chemical reaction)
True
False
What is the source of most food energy?
Soil
Sunlight
Water
Wind
Which is a way the agricultural biotechnology industry could have a positive impact on the environment?
By producing crops that are virus resistant
By making robots to replace large farm machines
By reducing the need for countries to import food
By increasing the use of wind farms that produce electricity
