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Name _____________________________ Date _____________________ EOG: Biotechnology, and Ecosystems 1. What is biotechnology? 2. Describe the term selective breeding? 3. What tools do scientists use in biotechnology? 4. How is biotechnology used in medicine? 5. How is biotechnology used in agriculture? 6. How is biotechnology used in genetics? 7. How is biotechnology used in food science? 8. How does biotechnology benefit the state of NC? 9. What is genetic modification? 10. What is gene splicing? 11. What is gene therapy? 12. What are genetically modified foods? a. Why are they controversial? b. What are all of the pros/cons of genetically modified foods? 13. What is cloning? 14. How does biotechnology help people in law enforcement? 15. What is bioremediation? 16. What are the benefits of biotechnology? 17. What are the risks of biotechnology? 18. On earth, what is the ultimate source of energy? 19. 20. Almost all food energy comes from the _____________________ ? What is an ecosystem? 21. What is taxonomy? 22. List the levels of organization when doing scientific classification. 23. Biotic factors are…. 24. Give 2 examples of biotic factors. 25. Abiotic factors are …. 26. Give 2 examples of abiotic factors. 27. Put the following words in order from smallest to largest. Population, species, ecosystem, individual, community, biosphere. 28. Define the term biodiversity? 29. What can biodiversity tell us about an ecosystem? 30. What is a population? 31. What are limiting factors in an ecosystem? 32. True or False: organisms within an ecosystem constantly interact 33. Define the terms habitat and niche. 34. What is predation? 35. What is a predator and prey? 36. What happens when there are more predators in an ecosystem than prey? 37. What is competition? 38. What resources do organisms compete for in an ecosystem? 39. Does competition decrease or increase the population size? Justify your answer. 40. Define the term symbiosis. 41. List the types of symbiotic relationships, explain each type, and give an example of each. 42. Describe the process of photosynthesis. Include the formula for photosynthesis. 43. Where does photosynthesis take place 44. List the organisms that can perform photosynthesis. 45. How do animals obtain energy? 46. What role does oxygen play in energy release 47. Explain the process of cellular respiration? Include the formula for cellular respiration 48. Where does cellular respiration take place? 49. Define the following terms: a. Producer b. Autotroph c. Consumer- primary, secondary, and tertiary d. Heterotroph e. Decomposer 50. What is a food chain? 51. What is a food web? 52. What is a trophic level? 53. Draw an energy pyramid and label the producers, each type of consumers, and decomposers. 54. How much energy is transferred between each trophic level? 55. What are vectors?