General Knowledge
An Alternative name for Biotechnology
What is synthetic biology?
The specific sites at which restriction enzymes cut are this special kind of sequence.
What is a palindrome?
Measures the Hydrogen ion concentration
What is the pH scale?
Biopharma is an example of what.
What is red biotechnology?
Food based biofuels are an innovation of this color of biotechnology.
What is green biotechnology?
This is the major ethical issue surrounding organism cloning
What is "playing God"?
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What are the conse
This is the technique used to measure the size of proteins.
What is SDS-PAGE?
This is the most commonly studied microorganisms in biotechnology
What is E.coli?
Biodegradable plastic, fermentation, and synthesized bioplastics are all examples of what.
What is grey/white biotechnology?
GMOs, and the ethical issues surrounding them, are a major concern for which color of biotechnology.
This is the usual focus of biotechnological research.
What is genetics?
The result of this process is DNA sequence amplification.
What is PCR?
This is the name of the polysaccharide is in the gels for gel electrophoresis.
What is agarose?
This was the first biologically synthesized substances used for medical purposes.
What is insulin?
This important nutrient is derived from fish oil, marine algae, and phytoplankton.
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
This was the location of the 2014 winter olympics.
Where is Russia?
This is the final step in creating a recombinant DNA clone.
What is ligation?
What is the smallest volume you can pipette in a P200 pipette?
What is 20 microliters?
This is the biggest set back for biosynthetic and biodegradable plastic.
What is cost?
This is an important way in which scientists are using biotechnology to monitor significant ocean pollution.
What are transgenic fish?
This is the meaning of the computer abbreviation "OS"
What is operating system?
These are the three requirements for a CRIPSr CAs9 system to work.
What is PAM sequence, target sequence, and guide RNA?
This is the name of the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube.
(Hint: you read the bottom of the curve when measuring volume in a graduated cylinder)
Synthesis of antibiotics is which color of biotechnology.
What is red and white biotechnology?
This nationwide movement was the main reason that Green biotechnology is so prevalent today.