Impact of Biotechnology

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

Which of the following is the process of using technology to create or modify living things?

• Biotechnology

• Replication

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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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What type of job would a person who studied biotechnology in college be likely to have?

• A job making medicines

• A job studying stars.

• A job studying the physical features on Earth.

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Which of the following careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?

• electrical Engineering 

• Astronomy 

• Agricultural research 

• Geology 

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______________uses bacteria to clean up our surrounding.

• Genome

• Bioremediation 

• Genetic Modification 

• Crossbreeding 

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What type of job could a person who studies biotechnology in college have? (check all that apply)

• 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 of these is not a way in which biotechnology can benefit agriculture?

• increasing crop production

• reducing the loss of crops to insects

• producing better-tasting fruits

• improving farm machinery

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Which is a positive result of the use of biotechnology in

agriculture?

• increased cost

• increased yield

• increased use of pesticides

• increased use of preservatives

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Genetic engineering has directly increased productivity in

which U.S industry?

• agriculture

• astronomy

• automobile

• media

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