This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Biotechnology > Plant Biotechnology – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Biotechnology Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Organisms that contain genes from different species are called ..... organisms. A) Blended. B) Hybrid. C) Transgenic. D) Freaky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transgenic. 2. What is the oldest form of biotechnology? A) Natural selection. B) GMOs. C) Gene therapy. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artificial selection. 3. North Carolina regulations prevent the destruction of wetlands immediately adjacent to large bodies of water. What is one reason it is important to protect these wetland areas from development? A) Wetland areas contain naturally toxic water and should not be disturbed. B) Wetland areas that lose vegetation reduce the evaporation rate and raise the water table. C) Wetland areas act as buffers, filtering out non-point source pollutants such as nitrogen- and phosphorous-containing substances. D) Wetland areas that are developed reduce sedimentation, preventing the development of deltaic systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wetland areas act as buffers, filtering out non-point source pollutants such as nitrogen- and phosphorous-containing substances. 4. What are Herbicide Resistant Crops? A) Genetically modified seeds that allows weed to grow near it. B) Genetically modified seeds that are resistant to weed killer. C) Genetically modified seeds that grow super fast. D) Genetically modified seeds that are resistant to lack of rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetically modified seeds that are resistant to weed killer. 5. In the article "Herman Becomes a Father", how did scientists get Herman to carry the human gene for lactoferrin? A) The gene was added in vitro when Herman was an embryo. B) When Herman was a calf, they fed him with human milk containing lactoferrin. C) They did a bone marrow transplant with human marrow. D) The gene was injected into the nucleus of his brain cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gene was added in vitro when Herman was an embryo. 6. 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? A) Increased toxins in the food. B) Increase shelf life and availablity. C) Decreased size of tomatoes. D) Increased seed production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase shelf life and availablity. 7. How can biotechnology affect agriculture on a single plot of land? A) The land could produce more food than before. B) The land could produce several harvests at once. C) The land could require more fertilizer for crops to grow. D) The land could require moderate temperatures for crops to grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land could produce more food than before. 8. What is the charge of DNA? A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 9. Genome is A) RNA. B) Genetic makeup. C) A step in PCR. D) Used to help restriction enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic makeup. 10. What is involved in creating genetically modified bacteria? A) Allowing them to reproduce freely. B) Allowing them to reproduce freely. C) Using biotechnology techniques. D) Growing them on selected plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using biotechnology techniques. 11. Antibiotics are prescribed to A) Kill bacteria. B) Breed bacteria. C) Work as vaccines. D) Assist in PCR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kill bacteria. 12. When scientists combine different plants in an attempt to grow a plant with the best traits from both parents, the new plant is called a(an): A) Hybrid. B) Clone. C) Variation. D) Pistil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hybrid. 13. Which career is found at a customer location, planting, cultivating, and harvesting, plants? A) Agricultural equipment operator. B) Nursery worker. C) First line supervisor. D) General farmworker:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nursery worker. 14. What substance in flowers attracts bees and butterflies? A) Embryo. B) Periosteum. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nectar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nectar. 15. Genetic engineering is used for all the following EXCEPT A) Medicine. B) Farming. C) Agriculture. D) Machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Machinery. 16. Microbes that can clean up waste water before it enters streams and lakes are an example of: A) Agricultural biotechnology. B) Food and consumer goods biotechnology. C) Environmental biotechnology. D) Medical biotechnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental biotechnology. 17. What is the purpose of the polyethylene glycol method? A) Biodiesel production. B) Energy production from sewage. C) Gene transfer without a vector. D) Seedless fruit production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gene transfer without a vector. 18. In what decade was Dolly the sheep cloned? A) 1930s. B) 1950s. C) 1970s. D) 1990s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1990s. 19. The type of Supervised Agricultural Experience Jessica has if she raised her own beef cattle is: A) Analytical. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Exploratory. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. 20. What type Supervised Agricultural Experience does John have if he has a part-time job working on a poultry farm? A) Anaytical. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Experimental. D) Placement. 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