Agricultural Biotech

What is an apple cultivar?

• an apple tree

• a rotten apple

• a variety of apple

True or False: DNA stands for Ribonucleic Acid.

• True

• False

Where is DNA found?

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• ribosome

What is the hereditary material passed from parents to offspring called?

• RNA

• proteins

• DNA

The process of deliberately modifying the characteristics of an organism by altering its genetic material is called ____?

• CRISPR

• genetic engineering

• plasmids

What are small, circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules found in bacteria cells called?

• plasmids

• DNA ligase

• CRISPR

An enzyme that joins the new gene to the plasmid is called ______.

• plasmid

• CRISPR

• DNA ligase

What is a sequence of nucleotides in the bacterial genome where the bacterium keeps a record of a previous infection by a virus and later uses it to identify and fight subsequent attacks by the same or similar virus?

• plasmid

• DNA ligase

• CRISPR

Why do scientists want to edit DNA?

• to better understand the function of specific genes

• allows them to modify a plant genome in a very targeted way to give it favorable traits

• Both A and B

• none of the above

In what organism was CRISPR discovered?

• virus

• bacteria

• human