Plant Biotechnology

Which branch of science allows us to alter the DNA of a tomato so it will not rot fast?

• biotechnology

• biology

• anatomy

• geology

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

There is an increasing demand of food all over the world. What do agriculturists do to address this concern?

• use genetically modified (transgenic) plants

• spray organic herbicides

• do crop rotation

• plant different crops each season

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GMO stands for

• Genetically Modeled Organisms

• Genetically Modified Organism

• I have no idea

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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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GMO stands for

• Genetically Made Organism

• Growing More Organisms

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Growing Many Organisms

Which of the following is an example of a GMO

• Bt Corn

• Black Lab Puppies

• Dolly the sheep

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

• biotechnology

• tissue culturing

• bioremediation

• transgenic

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 process in plant biotechnology involves the insertion of foreign genes into a plant's genome to enhance its traits?

• Gene Splicing

• Gene Cloning

• Gene Editing

• Gene Insertion