Genetic engineering

Question 1

Which technology allows forensics teams to copy a suspect's DNA for further investigation?

Accepted Answer

cloning

Question 2

What term describes how certain traits of a population dominate while others are suppressed?

Accepted Answer

natural selection

Question 3

Which technology would allow scientists to insert a gene into a fish's DNA to make it glow?

Accepted Answer

genetic engineering

Question 4

This technology inserts genetic materials into cells to help or replace abnormal genes?

Accepted Answer

gene therapy

Question 5

What technology is used to alter the DNA in plants and animals that produce our food?

Accepted Answer

genetic modification

Question 6

When a farmer chooses seeds from healthy carrots instead of unhealthy carrots for reproducing:

Accepted Answer

artificial selection

Question 7

When humans alter genetics in the offspring of a plant or animal for selective breeding, it is:

Accepted Answer

artificial selection

Question 8

This science is concerned with caring for, breeding, & feeding livestock raised for consumption

Accepted Answer

animal husbandry

Question 9

How could gene therapy benefit society?

Accepted Answer

by possibly curing diseases

Question 10

T/F: No ethical, legal, or social issues about selective breeding & genetic modification exist.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 11

What is NOT a way that genetically modified food can influence life on Earth?

Accepted Answer

to make sugary food non-fattening

Question 12

Artificial selection of the mustard plant has bred all of the following vegetables except:

Accepted Answer

green peppers

Question 13

T/F: Animal husbandry is a very important part of improving agricultural economies.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 14

Genetic engineering has improved life in all of the following areas except:

Accepted Answer

steel construction

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