Vocabulary
Name the process that creates a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism.
What is cloning?
also MITOSIS, Asexual Reproduction (examples budding...)
In 1973, Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer inserted a gene from an African clawed frog into a bacterium. The bacterium then began producing a protein directed by the code found on the inserted frog gene. Additional copies of the bacterium containing the frog gene could be produced by...
What is asexual reproduction?
Which statement describes a positive effect of selective breeding?
A. Some desirable traits in a population can disappear.
B. Offspring can be prone to genetic diseases.
C. Parents can pass on useful traits to offspring.
D. A population can end up with a lack of genetic diversity.
What is: (C) Parents can pass on useful traits to offspring.
What is the main goal of cloning?
A. To add medicines to the foods that people eat.
B. To make living things that have identical DNA.
C. To improve the process of asexual reproduction.
D. To spread genes from transgenic plants to wild plants
What is: (B) To make living things that have identical DNA
How can gene therapy improve human society?
A. By treating diseases
B. By costing lots of money
C. By causing unknown side effects
D. By producing genetically identical organisms
What is: (A) By treating diseases
Selective breeding is used to pass on desirable _______ to offspring.
What are traits?
Which two statements describe disadvantages of genetic engineering?
A. Crops can be genetically engineered to produce food more efficiently than traditional crops can.
B. Pollen from genetically engineered crops grown on farms can spread to nearby wild plants.
C. A genetically engineered crop that is resistant to insect pests could also harm helpful insects.
D. A genetically engineered crop that has genes to resist pests can be grown without chemical pesticides.
What are: (B) & (C)
Pollen from genetically engineered crops grown on farms can spread to nearby wild plants.
A genetically engineered crop that is resistant to insect pests could also harm helpful insects.
Which statement describes a positive effect of selective breeding?
A. It produces dog breeds with more of the traits people like in a pet.
B. It causes unwanted traits to be more common in dog breeds.
C. It decreases the genetic diversity of common dog breeds.
D. It increases the number of illnesses that dogs of certain breeds tend to get.
What is: (A) It produces dog breeds with more of the traits people like in a pet.
Which statement describes a disadvantage of cloning animals?
A. Certain cloned animals are used to produce medicines that cure diseases.
B. Many cloned animals are made to replace the most popular kinds of pets.
C. Most cloned animals look just like the animal that was cloned.
D. Some cloned animals have had lifespans that are much shorter than normal.
What is: (D) Some cloned animals have had lifespans that are much shorter than normal.
Which medical technique is used to treat or prevent disease by altering a person's genes.
What is Gene Therapy?
The process by which desired traits are selected and passed on to future generations
What is selective breeding?
Which two statements describe advantages of genetically engineered crops?
A. Crops can be engineered to have traits that give them better food quality.
B. Crops can be grown without using chemical pesticides if they are resistant to insect pests.
C. Crops that are harmful to insect pests can also decrease populations of helpful insects.
D. Pollen that spreads from crop plants to closely related wild plants can destroy wild populations.
What are: (A) & (B)
Crops can be engineered to have traits that give them better food quality.
Crops can be grown without using chemical pesticides if they are resistant to insect pests.
Which two statements describe disadvantages of selective breeding?
A. Selectively bred animals are more likely to have some health problems.
B. Some desirable traits become more common in a population.
C. Desirable traits that are not selected may disappear in a population.
D. Selectively bred animals are more likely to provide more meat or milk.
What are: (A) & (C).
Selectively bred animals are more likely to have some health problems.
Desirable traits that are not selected may disappear in a population.
How would a cloned animal compare with the original animal whose DNA was copied?
A. The clone would be identical in all ways to the original animal and have the same genetic and acquired traits.
B. The clone would have all of the traits of the original animal except for the new genetically engineered traits.
C. The clone would have identical genetic traits but differ in the traits the original acquired during its life.
D. The clone would be identical to the original in traits acquired during its life but differ in its genetic traits.
What is: (C)
The clone would have identical genetic traits but differ in the traits the original acquired during its life.
These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations
What is: Gene Editing?
Which Term refers to an organism that has been genetically modified by introducing DNA from another species?
What is: Transgenic or Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)?
What was the first Genetically Engineered Medicine?
What is: Insulin?
This organism was domesticated in order to help humans hunt 14,000 years ago.
What are wolves?
What was the FIRST Animal cloned from an adult cell?
What was: Dolly the Sheep
Which statement describes a disadvantage of gene therapy?
A. It can block a mutated gene from working.
B. It is very expensive.
C. It uses viruses that are deadly.
D. It can stop cancer cells from growing.
What is: (B) It is very expensive.
Which process uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism.
What is: Genetic Engineering?
The next stop after you identify the gene of interest.
What is remove the gene?
This grass was selectively bred in order to produce one of the most widely used crop in America.
What is corn?
What is one ethical issue with CLONING?
What is: safety or moral beliefs or laws or cost...
What is the FIRST STEP in Gene Editing?
What is: locating the Gene?