Fuels and such
Genetic Creations
Cooking up Fuel.. Ethanol Vocab
Facts and Stats
All things biotech
100

produced through the distillation and fermentation of grain for a fuel source

ethanol 

100

Deoxyribonucleic acid is also known as 

DNA

100

process where simple sugars are broken down into cellular energy, same process that turns grapes into wine 

Fermentation 

100

This country uses sugar cane to produce ethanol 

Brazil 

100

form of gas created by the transformation of plant and animal life into fossil fuels 

natural gas 

200

E85 is _________ ethanol and ________ gasoline 

85, 15

200

If you had the genotypes RR and rr, which of the sets of genes would be dominant in a cross

RR

200

Substance that causes a chemical reaction 

enzyme 

200

What percent of all U.S Gasoline contains ethanol, 

75, 95, 85 

95

200

adding nutrients to crops, creating insulin, BT corn, drought resistant corn are all examples of ______________ 

genetic engineering 

300

E10 is _________ ethanol and ________ gasoline 

10, 90 

300

a physical representation of a a genetic code 

phenotype 

300

process of heating a liquid to a vapor, cooling it, and waiting for it to turn to a liquid again 

distillation 

300

Each year the U.S produces about _________billion gallons of ethanol 

22 

300

If a mother had the genotype Cc and the father had the genotype cc, what would the offspring ratio be 

cC, cc, cc, cc,  3:1 recessive  

400

Produced from petroleum based fuels and animal or fat sources 

biodiesel 

400

applying biological and engineering technologies to living organisms

biotechnology 

400

substance added to speed up a chemical reaction, heat is an example of this 

catalyst 

400

Which is an example of a homozygous recessive genotype :

Hh, hh, HH

hh

400

What plant did Gregor Mendel use to discover the idea of genetic crosses 

pea plants 

500

What grade of ethanol is mandated to be available at all gas pumps in the United States ?

E10

500

altering the genetic makeup of an organism 

genetic engineering 

500

wood and manure are examples of this type of renewable fuel 

biomass

500

The most common biodiesel is B _______ 

B20

500
What is the name for the pairing of genetics used to determine possible offspring traits 

genotype 

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