GMO’s
What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
What does CRISPR stand for?
a) Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
b) Comprehensive Reorganization of Internal Sequences in Prokaryotic Reactions
c) Chromosomal Restriction Insertion of Genetic Regulatory
a) Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
What is epigenetics?
a) The study of heredity
b) The study of changes in gene expression that don’t involve changes in DNA sequence
c) The study of mutations in genes
b) The study of changes in gene expression that don’t involve changes in DNA sequence
What is the potential impact of genetic engineering (including GMOs, CRISPR, and epigenetics) on the future of medicine?
Genetic engineering can lead to the development of personalized medicine, where treatments are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup, as well as the ability to cure genetic diseases, improve crop yield for food security, and even potentially reverse the effects of aging.
Which common food is often genetically modified to resist pests?
a) Apples
b) Corn
c) Bananas
B) Corn
What is CRISPR primarily used for?
a) To cure diseases
b) To edit DNA
c) To grow new organs
b) To edit DNA
Which of the following can cause epigenetic changes?
a) Exercise
b) Diet
c) Both a and b
c) Both a and b
What is a major concern associated with genetically modified crops?
a) Higher nutrient levels
b) Environmental impact on non-GMO crops
c) Increased cost of production
B) Environmental impact on non-GMO crops
Which scientist is most famous for advancing the CRISPR gene-editing technique?
a) Francis Crick
b) Jennifer Doudna
c) Albert Einstein
b) Jennifer Doudna
What is an example of an epigenetic modification?
a) Gene mutation
b) DNA methylation
c) Chromosome duplication
b) DNA methylation
Which GMO trait is commonly found in Bt corn?
a) Resistance to cold
b) Resistance to pests
c) Longer shelf life
Resistance to pests
What kind of organisms can be genetically edited using CRISPR?
a) Only humans
b) Only animals
c) Plants, animals, and humans
c) Plants, animals, and humans
What is one reason epigenetics is important in cancer research?
a) Epigenetic changes can turn genes on or off, leading to cancer.
b) Epigenetics helps grow cancer cells in the lab.
c) Epigenetics prevents cancer from spreading.
a) Epigenetic changes can turn genes on or off, leading to cancer.
The first genetically modified food crop was introduced in the 1990s. What was it?
a) Tomatoes
b) Potatoes
c) Flavr Savr Tomatoes
C) Flavr Savr Tomatoes
What ethical concerns are associated with CRISPR technology?
a) The risk of unintended genetic mutations
b) The possibility of designer babies
c) Both a and b
c) Both a and b
What type of epigenetic modification involves the addition of a chemical group to DNA, silencing genes?
a) Histone modification
b) DNA methylation
c) Transcription activation
b) DNA methylation