Biotechnology
Definition of biotechnology
Food for plant
Glucose
Fuel source for cellular respiration
Food
This biotechnology tool is used to amplify DNA millions of times in a lab.
What is PCR?
What are GMOs?
An animal, plant or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
Traditional example of biotechnology
Yeast to make bread
Bacteria to make cheese and yogurt
Selective breeding
Plants make their own food so they are considered to be ____________
Autotrophs or producers
Location of cellular respiration
Mitochondria
These proteins act like “molecular scissors” and cut DNA at specific sequences.
What are restriction enzymes?
First successfully cloned mammal
Dolly the Sheep
Modern example of biotechnology
Inserting genes from one organism to another
Cloning
Bioremediation
Location of photosynthesis
Chloroplasts
Form of energy created
ATP
This laboratory method separates DNA fragments by size using an electric current.
What is gel electrophoresis?
Bioremediation
The use of microorganisms to consume and break down environmental pollutants
Two ways biotechnology is used in North Carolina
Medical Research and Agriculture
Pores in plants' leaves that take in CO2
Stomata
Oxygen
This famous gene-editing technology uses a bacterial defense system to modify DNA.
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
Two medicines that have been created using biotechnology
Penicillin and Insulin
Selective Breeding
Breeding animals and plants to have a desired trait
Formula for photosynthesis
Energy + CO2 + H2O = Glucose + O2
Formula for cellular respiration
O2 + Glucose = CO2 + Energy + H2O
In microbiology, this process uses heat and pressure to kill microbes and sterilize equipment.
What is autoclaving?
Two careers in biotechnology
Genetic Counselors, Immunologists, Microbiologists, Food Biotechnologists, Biomedical Engineering, Agricultural Engineers