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Plant Biotechnology Quiz 8 (20 MCQs)

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1. Animal biotechnology can be useful to humans through xenotransplantation, which involves:
2. What is the benefit to society of using Ethanol instead of regular gasoline?
3. What biotechnology allows a researcher to make thousands of copies of a DNA strand?
4. ..... uses biotechnology to help reduce our negative impact on the environment.
5. Improvements in biotechnology have helped advance the fields of medicine, agriculture, and forensics. Many people are concerned with the ethical limits that should be placed on much of the research for future advances. An example can be seen when discussing the human cloning. There are two types of cloning, reproductive and therapeutic:Reproductive Cloning Creating a genetically identical embryo of the donor by inserting their DNA into an egg and then inserting the embryo into a surrogate's uterus to grow and develop leading to a new individual. Therapeutic Cloning Creating a genetically identical embryo of the donor by inserting their DNA into an egg and growing it in a petri dish in a lab to be used as a source of embryonic stem cells. Reproductive cloning is considered unethical and there are laws preventing it. However, human therapeutic cloning is not considered as unethical. Which of the following questions is a likely to address the difference of opinion in many people concerning cloning?
6. When we refer to a "G.M.O." we are talking about .....
7. What type of science allows us to alter the DNA of a corn plant so that it will contain more protein?
8. How many independent variables should be tested at a time in a scientific investigation?
9. How does North Carolina's economy directly benefit from a growing biotechnology field?
10. Xylem and phloem are examples of what tissue type?
11. Contact lens solutions contain enzymes to break down proteins that build up on lenses.
12. Scientists in North Carolina are working to create liquid fuels from organic matter. What effect will this discovery most likely have on careers in the state?
13. Microbes are capable of cleaning up fuel spills from gas stations.
14. What agricultural worker would drive and control farm equipment to produce crops?
15. Analyzing DNA by gel electrophoresis allows researchers to
16. Using amino acids from microbes to make Equal sweetener is which area of biotech?
17. Gene therapy is successful if the .....
18. The physical traits of an organism that can be observed is:
19. Using methane-producing bacteria to heat homes in third-world countries is which type of biotech?
20. What is a transgene?
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