Biotechnology

What is the most useful change biotechnology has made in agriculture?

• Crops need more water

• Crops need more nutrients

• Crops need more time to grow

• Crops resist more diseases

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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What type of job could a person who studies biotechnology in college have?

• Create new medicines and vaccines

• Create disease/pest resistant crop varieties

• Work in a forensic lab testing crime scene evidence

• Create environmentally friendly ways to clean up pollution

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Which are most closely related to biotechnology?

• medicine and agriculture

• construction and engineering

• water treatment and electricity generation

• communication and information technology

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Which is a concern of scientists when genetically modifying plants?

• Plants will pass on diseases to animals.

• There will be a decrease in biodiversity.

• Plants will have a longer growing season.

• There will be a decrease in revenue for pesticide manufacturers.

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Which is most important when investigating ethical issues in biotechnology?

• cost of the technology

• advantage of the technology

• public opinion of the technology

• benefits of the technology outweighing the harm

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Which area of biotechnology is most likely to create ethical problems?

• insulin production by bacteria

• organ cloning

• genetic engineering to increase crop yields

• forensic testing of crime scene evidence

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What would be a positive reason to genetically alter Fraser Fir trees in North Carolina to make them more resistant to rot?

• By producing crops that are frost resistant

• By making robots to replace large farm machines

• The population of fir trees would increase and grow healthier.

• By increasing the use of wind farms that produce electricity

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In what way is biotechnology useful to law enforcement agencies such as the police or FBI?

• It can help identify who was present at the scene of a crime.

• It can help undercover officers disguise themselves.

• It might help determine who might be the victime of a future crime.

• It can help determine who is most likely to become a criminal in the future.

What are some examples of biotechnology being used in agriculture?

• Crop irrigation

• DNA fingerprinting

• Gentically modified crops

• Crop rotation

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