North Carolina Biology

Bacteria cells can be used to produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes in humans. Which best explains how the bacteria cells are able to produce insulin for humans?

• The bacteria have been grown on a petri dish containing insulin.

• The bacteria have been genetically engineered to contain the DNA needed to produce insulin.

• The bacteria have been exposed to radioactivity to create mutant strains capable of producing insulin.

• The bacteria have been grown on a petri dish containing sugar; the bacteria produce insulin in response to the sugar

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Which best describes genomics?

• the study of anatomy and how the body functions

• the study of biology and how energy flows in cells

• the study of genes and how they function

• the study of technology and how it works

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Which is the most useful change made to crops using applications of

biotechnology?

• Crops use more nutrients.

• Crops need more fertilizer

• Crops resist more diseases

• Crops take more time to grow.

Which molecule from humans is inserted into bacteria to cause them to

produce insulin?

• DNA

• lipids

• proteins

• carbohydrates

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How does knowledge about human genetics best help doctors?

• Doctors can remove damaged genes from a patient’s body

• Doctors can change patients’ genes to make them resistant to

  disease

• Doctors can give patients new genes to improve the health of their

  children.

• Doctors can predict whether patients are at risk of developing a

  genetic disease.

Which project is most likely to be worked on by a biotechnician?

• developing plants with resistance to high temperatures

• developing architectural designs for houses in floodplains

• discovering different isotopes of existing elements in the periodic

  table

• designing lightweight, strong metallic alloys for use in car

  manufacturing

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Which is the most likely result of having a large number of biotechnology companies located in North Carolina?

• decrease in available jobs

• improvement in crop yields

• increase in antibiotic resistance

• decrease in vaccine effectiveness

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Which would most likely result in the largest economic benefit to North Carolina?

• North Carolina partnering with farmers for use of agricultural

  biotechnology

• North Carolina being a lead consumer state in pharmaceutical

  manufacturing

• North Carolina making the world’s best-trained work force for

  biomanufacturing

• North Carolina making a long-standing commitment to biotechnology

  development

Which area of biotechnology would most likely create ethical issues

within human society?

• insulin production by bacteria

• organ cloning for use in transplants

• genetic engineering to improve agricultural yields

• DNA and forensic testing of crime scene evidence

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Which person would benefit most from biotechnology?

• a cook

• a farmer

• an architect

• an automobile engineer

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