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Name _________________________
Unit Organizer
Living Environment
About the Unit Organizer: This organizer should be placed in your notebook. Notes and handouts from this unit should be placed
after the organizer. Answer the essential questions and define the vocabulary for +5 points on the unit test. *The organizer must be
handed in the day of the test in order to receive the extra credit.
Current Topic: Biotechnology
Essential Questions:
1) Give 2 examples of how DNA technology is used to benefit the human population.
2) State one disadvantage of selective breeding.
3) Explain the process of gel electrophoresis.
4) List the steps in recombinant DNA technology.
5) How do cloned cells compare to the original cell?
6) Give an example of how the environment can influence genes.
Vocabulary:
1.
Biotechnology:
2.
Clone:
3.
Expressed:
4.
Genetic engineering:
5.
Genetic recombination:
6.
Selective breeding:
7.
Plasmid:
8.
Vector:
9.
Transgenic organism:
10.
Genetic modification:
Assessment dates:
Quiz on biotechnology:
Test:
The Big Idea: Human can
alter the genetic
instructions of some
organisms.
Labs:
11.
Restriction enzymes:
12.
Gel electrophoresis:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Recombinant DNA
Cloning
Gel electrophoresis
Biodiversity state lab