Bioethics & Biotechnology

Issues that refer to people’s moral values or the code of conduct by which they live

• Social issues

• Legal issues

• Cultural issues

• Ethical issues

Ethics deals only with factual statements.

• True

• False

Individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another

• Facts

• Alternatives

• Values

• Arguments

True or False there is no “right” or “wrong” answer on ethical decision making. 

• True
• False

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the creation of genetically identical organisms

• Bioremediation
• Cloning
• Gene Therapy
• Tissue Culturing

GMO stands for

• Genetically Made Organism
• Growing More Organisms
• Genetically Modified Organism
• Growing Many Organisms

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What applications can gel electrophoresis be used for?

• Parental Testing
• Criminal Investigations
• Sequence Endangered Species DNA
• All of the above

Which DNA fragment bands move faster and farther in a gel electrophoresis? 

• there is no way to tell 
• the largest ones
• the smallest ones
• none of these

In preparation for an electrophoresis procedure, enzymes are added to DNA in order to

• convert the DNA into gel

• cut the DNA into fragments

• change the color of the DNA

• produce longer sections of DNA

Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?

• natural selection
• selective breeding
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

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