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Biotechnology
1. Which of these single-celled organisms are often used as hosts in genetic engineering?
A. amoebas
C. euglenas
B. paramecia
D. bacteria
2. What is a result of the practical application of genetic engineering?
A. faster computers
C. stronger, more durable bridges
B. smarter students
D. crops resistant to disease
3. A change in the DNA structure of a cell that affects the instructions for making protein is called
what?
A. a mutation
C. a misprint
B. a clone
D. a splice
4. Rings of DNA found in bacteria are responsible for a great deal of the exchange of
genetic information that occurs in nature. What are these rings?
A. enzymes
C. strands
B. plasmids
D. viruses
5. What is the large molecule found inside a cell that contains all of the information needed for the
cell to reproduce and carry out its life processes?
A. ATP
C. PCP
B. DNA
D. RGB
6. What is the process of removing DNA from one organism and combining it with the DNA of another
organism?
A. genetic engineering
C. the scientific method
B. mutant genealogy
D. chromosome synthesis
7. This combination of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms is found in DNA. What is it?
A. nitrogenous base
C. phosphate
B. deoxyribose sugar
D. aldehyde
8. What is biotechnology?
A. the creation of life in the laboratory
B. the study of all living things
C. the use of genetic engineering to benefit humans
D. the study of technology used in the lab
9. In which of the following fields is genetic engineering commonly used?
A. construction
C. physics
B. agriculture
D. education
10. Restriction enzymes are used to cut the DNA chain at a particular site. Why?
A. so that new genes may be created
C. so that new genes may be developed
B. so that new genes may be inserted
D. so that new genes may be removed