Biotechnology
The study and manipulation of living things and their components to make improvements to pre-existing entities and benefit humans.
What is Biotechnology?
This is the first bioengineered organism.
What is E. coli?
A component that is dissolved in a solvent.
What is a solute?
This word means to dispense a liquid.
What is aliquoting?
A method to improve the accuracy and consistency in results, creating a valid experiment.
What are trials?
The level of education necessary for most Biotech careers.
What is a bachelors degree?
A biotechnology product to regulate blood sugar levels, and is made through bacteria and yeast.
What is insulin?
This type of solution is mixed with a stock solution to create a dilution.
What is a buffer solution?
This part of a pipettor is used to draw and expel a liquid.
What is a dial?
Two ways that scientists share their experimental results.
What are presentations during conferences or publications of their findings?
The 4 categories of products biotechnology companies make and sell.
What are Pharmaceutical/Medical, Agricultural, Environmental/Industrial, and Diagnostic Research?
Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is made in these cells.
What are CHO cells?
This equation is used for making solutions.
C1 ✕ V1= C2 ✕ V2
These are the important lab safety rules when handling pipettes.
What is not letting the pipet touch anything, tipping it upwards, and plunging fast?
This kind of evidence is given in a conclusion statement.
What are numerical data and averages?
This is the number of clinical trials drugs have to go through for approval.
What is 3?
These enzymes allow scientists to cut and paste pieces of DNA together to form recombinant DNA.
What are restriction enzymes (cutting) and DNA ligase (pasting)?
If 200 mL of water is added to 25 mL of a 10% NaCl solution, find the concentration (percent) of the dilution solution.
What is 1.1%?
This color pipettor has a max volume of 25 mL.
What is the red pipettor?
What is a positive control, and why is it important?
A positive control is a control group exposed to a treatment other than the experimental treatment to get the desired result, and is important to compare results to the desired level, seeing what is lacking in the experimental outcome.
This agency enforces environmental regulations, protects people and environment from risks, sponsors and conducts research.
What is the EPA?
This vegetable engineered with biotechnology is enhanced to protect against insect pests.
What is Bt Corn?
These phrases are abbreviated as TD and TC.
What are “To Deliver” and “To Contain”?
The 5 steps of the most commonly used scientific process.
What is stating a testable scientific question, developing a testable hypothesis, planning a valid experiment, conducting the experiment/collecting data, and formulating a conclusion.