Makeup Assignment #2: Genetic Engineering & Cloning

In which ways can genetic engineering can improve crops

• Make them pest or drought resistant

• Make them more nutritious

• Make them larger

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A clone is 

• recombinant DNA
• a transgenic organsim
• plasmid
• genetically identical 

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Making changes in the DNA of an organism is

• selective breeding
• artificial selection
• genetic engineering
• genetic transformation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What term is used to express creating an identical copy of a gene or organism?

• hybridization
• inbreeding 
• cloning 
• gene splicing 

What process is shown in the picture?

• Gene therapy
• Cloning
• DNA Fingerprinting
• Gene Splicing

Putting the gene for bioluminescence into a fish is an example of...

• Genetic Engineering
• Selective Breeding
• Artificial Selection
• Gene Mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Advantages of genetically modified crops include(s)

• insect resistance
• drought/freeze resistance
• higher yield
• all of these are reasons for using GMOs

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A clone can be BEST thought of as a(n)  _____ created in the lab. 

• identical twin
• GMO
• science fiction experiment

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Why might people be against cloning? 

• It's creepy
• It can cause unknown defects
• It is detrimental to genetic diversity
• All of the above

In cloning, what is the purpose of the surrogate mother? 

• Donate her DNA
• Donate her egg cell
• Incubate and carry the baby until birth
• Nothing.  She's useless.