Duplicate of Combined Biotech 1-5

Question 1

Which of the following carries the genetic information needed to form protein in the cells?

Accepted Answer

RNA

Question 2

Centuries ago, most discoveries were made entirely by accident.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

A hypothesis is a theory or a fact.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

In what year did US Congress establish land-grant institutions

Accepted Answer

1862

Question 5

The most basic life processes take place at the cellular level.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Mitosis is the normal number of chromosomes in each body cell is reduced in half.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The first bread that was made probably had a great deal of taste.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

All bacteria and blue-green algae are eukaryotic cells.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

The sequence of DNA’s nucleotides functions as the genetic code.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

If both alleles are the same form, the genes are said to be:

Accepted Answer

homozygous

Question 11

The process that allows an organism to remain stable in changing conditions is:

Accepted Answer

homeostasis

Question 12

Higher-ordered living organisms are complicated than machines governed by the laws of physics.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

As an early biotechnology process, humans used sinews to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

tie tools together

Question 14

Raw data are generally of little use until properly analyzed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

The French scientist Louis Pasteur was responsible for developing a means of:

Accepted Answer

preventing animals from contracting diseases

Question 16

The first person to observe and describe the existence of cells was:

Accepted Answer

Hooke

Question 17

During which phase do the cell’s chromatids move toward the center of the spindle?

Accepted Answer

metaphase

Question 18

our knowledge base has expanded over the years, which of the following has gone steadily down

Accepted Answer

relative cost of food

Question 19

Yeast is added to bread to achieve which of the following?

Accepted Answer

fluffier volume

Question 20

The inner layers of the blastula develop into the placenta.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

process of looking at patients’ genomes to determine molecular causes of disease

Accepted Answer

personalized medicine

Question 22

Chromosomes may be classified as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

autosomes or sex chromosomes

Question 23

Biotechnology has been used in animal science for only a few hundred years.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

devised a means of preventing animals from contracting diseases

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 25

_ law states that each parent provides one of the two forms of a gene for each particular trait

Accepted Answer

segregation

Question 26

Humans first used trial and error to improve their inventions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Most of the increase in the world’s population will come from developing countries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Which of the following processes produces four new gametes?

Accepted Answer

spermatogenesis

Question 29

published a model of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid

Accepted Answer

James Watson and Francis Crick

Question 30

conducted the work that led to the creation of the first antibiotic

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 31

today’s electron microscopes provide a focusing mechanism up to __ times magnification.

Accepted Answer

2 million

Question 32

Most of the increase in the world’s population will come from developing countries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

coined the term “cell” while viewing cork under a microscope

Accepted Answer

Robert Hooke

Question 34

Francis Crick was the first person to conduct systematic research into gene transfer.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

The __-test is one tool scientists use to analyze differences in samples.

Accepted Answer

t

Question 36

responsible for discovering how the building blocks of genetic transfer are organized in cells

Accepted Answer

James Watson and Francis Crick

Question 37

One of the first methods of food storage involved:

Accepted Answer

fruit juice

Question 38

Which of the following is the building block of genetic transfer?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 39

Different forms of the same gene are known as:

Accepted Answer

alleles

Question 40

Scientists now fully understand the process of genetic transfer.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

In 2009, the world’s producers planted and grew ____ million acres of biotech crops.

Accepted Answer

330

Question 42

Which of the following types of RNA synthesizes amino acids?

Accepted Answer

rRNA

Question 43

whether a study achieved what the researchers intended it to

Accepted Answer

validity

Question 44

Production of which of the following increased most during the Green Revolution?

Accepted Answer

rice and wheat

Question 45

science of modifying basic cell processes

Accepted Answer

genetic engineering

Question 46

Of the following organelles, which act as the cell’s “bones” and transport highway?

Accepted Answer

microtubules

Question 47

In research, the data collected must be all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

observable

Question 48

Which of the following is considered a prokaryote?

Accepted Answer

bacteria

Question 49

The microscope was invented in which of the following decades?

Accepted Answer

1600s

Question 50

Biotechnology is a relatively new phenomenon that is only about 1,000 years old.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 51

The human insulin produced in bacteria is the result of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

biomanufacturing

Question 52

When an organism reproduces or a cell divides, the geneotype is passed to the next generation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

Transferring genetic material between cells is known as __________ gene transfer.

Accepted Answer

horizontal

Question 54

The high standard of living that humans enjoy is a direct result of scientific research.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

For its research results to be used, a study must be:

Accepted Answer

reliable and valid

Question 56

DNA is formed from units made up of all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 57

Eukaryotic cells have no true nucleus, while prokaryotic cells have a nucleus.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 58

In research, the ___________ group is given a treatment the researcher intends to study.

Accepted Answer

treatment

Question 59

____________ are the plastids that use the energy of the sun to make carbohydrates.

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts

Question 60

The scientific method has ___ different, very deliberate steps.

Accepted Answer

seven

Question 61

If fermentation is halted at the correct time, juice can be stored in a useable state.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

process of genetically engineering the cells to produce pharmaceuticals

Accepted Answer

pharming

Question 63

Currently, most of the world’s population is expected to grow in:

Accepted Answer

major cities

Question 64

In all pairs of genes, one gene is dominant over the other.

Accepted Answer

False

Duplicate of Combined Biotech 1-5

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Duplicate of Combined Biotech 1-5

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