Uses of Biotechnology

What must scientist extract from a cell in order to clone a sheep?

• DNA

• NAD

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

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Which best describes an economic benefit of biotechnology in North Carolina?

• It creates many jobs.

• It is used to make vaccines.

• It is used to catch criminals.

• It is used to determine paternity.

using living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problem

• biotechnology

• tissue culturing

• bioremediation

• transgenic

Scientists have produced a genetically modified orange tree that is resistant to disease. Which of the following is the best example of a potential benefit to society that could result from this biotechnology?

• reduction in orange crops produced

• increase in orange crops produced

• increase in the cost of orange crop

• a change in the distribution of insects that pollinate orange flowers

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This is the practice of inserting the DNA of another species into an organism's DNA so that the organism gains a new trait.

• Cloning

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Fingerprinting

Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide?

• developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy

• developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures

• developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain

• developing plants that will not die

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Using a virus to enter a cell and replace defective genes with healthy genes is called

• tissue culturing

• bioremediation

• cloning

• gene therapy

a rice strain that has been genetically modified to make Vitamin-A

• Brown Rice

• Yellow Rice

• Golden Rice

• Vitamin Rice

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Which use of biotechnology most benefits North Carolina agriculture?

• producing human vaccines

• producing disease resistant crops

• producing new medicines from bacteria

• producing enzymes to eliminate pollutants

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How can agricultural biotechnology have a positive impact on the environment?

• By developing crops that are pest resistant requiring fewer pesticides to be used.

• planting crops in shaded areas.

• Harvesting crops that have thick stems and leaves.

• water crops with a recycled irrigation system.

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