General
The root word meaning of "bio" in biotechnology.
What is "life"?
The shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
A dish used in the lab to grow germs.
What is a petri dish?
This technique is used to identify suspects and victims in forensics.
What is DNA fingerprinting?
Environmental biotechnology involves making these types of fuels.
What are biofuels?
The master molecule in cells important to biotechnology.
What is DNA?
DNA is contained on these items in the cell.
What are chromosomes?
It is used to view small objects in detail.
What is a microscope?
The process of growing cells (such as bacteria, yeast, or other cells) under controlled conditions
What is cell culturing?
Diagnostic biotechnology where they use DNA to solve a crime.
What is forensics?
What is biotechnology?
The application of science and engineering to living organisms
They discovered the structure of DNA.
Who is Watson, Crick, and Franklin?
The tool used to add small quantities of liquid to something.
What is a micropipette?
The process of generating a genetically identical copy of an organism or cell.
What is cloning?
Medical biotechnology includes making a vaccine against this germ.
What is a virus?
All living organisms are composed of these.
What are cells?
The functional units of DNA.
What is a gene?
Used to spin tubes and separate solids from liquids
What is a centrifuge?
The practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens or germs.
What is aseptic technique?
Agricultural biotechnology involves breeding of livestock and genetically engineering these items that feed the world.
What are crops?
Used in the laboratory to do experiments.
What are tools?
The way deoxyribonucleic acid is written.
What is DNA?
A tool used to separate DNA fragments according to their size.
What is gel electrophoresis?
The use of microorganisms (bacteria, yeast, or fungi) as biological "microfactories" to produce commercially valuable products
What is a Fermentation?
Genetically modified bacteria and yeast are used to produce vital human proteins like insulin, growth hormones, and monoclonal antibodies
What are biopharmaceuticals?