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WorksheetsTutorial 2 (Cloning)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Method separating & analyzing macromolecules (incl. DNA, RNA & proteins) can be used for...
Parent testing
Criminal investigation
Sequence endangered species DNA
All of the above
Which of the following involves ethics?
Passing a law to grow more crops in a specific area
Passing a law to allow doctors to euthanize people who are terminally ill
Passing a law to increase fine for people texting while driving
Passing a law to decrease driving speed limits in traffic accident hotspots
An argument in favor of food biotechnology is:
It provides food that cure disease
It provides more food to feed a growing population
It provides cash crop for low income nations
Biotech foods are not controversial
What is the benefit of genetically modified organisms?
They may be better looking or more productive / effective
They are easily reproduced
They are higher in population
They live longer / stronger
All of the following are advantages of genetically modified organisms except:
Pest resistant crops
Unknown long-term health effects
More nutritional foods
Create more human insulin
Which of the following is not a concern of biotechnology?
Ethics concerns with human cloning
Health concerns about eating genetically modified foods
Environmental concerns of releasing genetically modified organisms into ecosystem
Concerns that we will harvest too much food for global population
Which of the following is NOT a common ethical concern related to human cloning?
That humans will be created who exist solely as a supply of organs for transplants
That clones will be more prone to abnormal development
That parents will pay to have a child that is a clone of a famous athlete
That cloned humans will have no personality
Which example represents a modern biotechnology technique that raises potential ethical issues?
Adding animal genes to a plant
Selective breeding to get better corn
Crossbreeding two different plants
Using bacteria in the making of food
Clones have the exact same:
Physical appearances
Personalities
Intelligence levels
Genetic material
How might cloning eventually help humans live longer?
Clones tend to live longer than the parent organism
By being cloned multiple times, a person could essentially live forever
Cloned human organs could replace unhealthy ones
Food obtained from cloned organisms would be healthier than ordinary food
