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Genetic Engineering

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Genetic engineering has been used to produce
a)
medicines.
b)
food animals.
c)
improved crops.
d)
all of these.
2.
A molecule containing DNA from two different organisms is called
a)
a plasmid.
b)
a polyploid.
c)
a hybrid organism.
d)
recombinant DNA.
3.
simple ring of DNA from prokaryotes
a)
plasmid
b)
restriction enzymes
c)
recombinant DNA
d)
gene
4.

______________ is the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc.

a)

Genetics

b)

PCR

c)

Cloning

d)

Biotechnology

5.

___________________ is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

a)

Selective Breeding

b)

Transgenic Organism

c)

Gel Electrophorsis

d)

PCR

6.

______________ is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.

a)

GMO

b)

DNA Fingerprinting

c)

Chromosomal Mutation

d)

Selective Breeding

7.

A member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell is a...

a)

Clone

b)

Plasmid

c)

Mutant

d)

Sequence

8.

9. What is the first cloned mammal?

a)

a. goat

b)

b. sheep

c)

c. cat

d)

d. cow

9.
An organism in which foreign genes have been incorporated is called a:
a)
recombinant organism
b)
transgene recombinant
c)
polymorphism
d)
transgenic organism
10.
What is a GMO?
a)
An organism with foreign DNA
b)
An organism missing genes
c)
Epigenetics
d)
A genetically identical organism