Genes
Genetic Code
Plants and Animals
Genetic Engineering
Biotechnology
100

Define Genetics.

Science of Heredity.

100

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

100

Product containing a bacteria that has been genetically altered for frost resistant on plants leaves.

Ice-minus

100

What chemical is used for those with diabetes?

Insulin
100
Define biotechnology

Technologies involving life in 1 way or another.

200
What is the offspring of parents called?
Generation
200

What are the 4 DNA bases?

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.

200

What hormone causes increased meat production in swine?

Porcine somatotropin(PST)

200

One of the first products made via genetic engineering.

Insulin

200

Genetically altered bacteria feeding on oil slicks and spills is an example of what?

Biotechnology 

300

Define HEREDITY.

Transmission of characteristics through generations.

300

The pairs of bases in DNA?

Adenine and Thymine Cytosine and Guanine

300

Wgat does BST stand for?

Bovine somatotropin.

300

How you can produce products needed from plants quickly and efficiently?

Microbes

300

Decomposition of waste materials via microorganisms such as bacteria is an example of what?

Biotechnology

400

Define Selective Breeding.

Selection of parents to get desirable characteristics in offspring.

400

Process of finding and mapping gene locations

Gene Mapping

400

How can genetic engineering and forms of biotech be useful in plants?

They offer new ways for plants to resistant to pests, disease, etc.

400

The last step involved with insulin production and use.

Inject into patient

400
What can bacteria convert human and livestock waste into?
Fuel
500

The process of picking the best plants and animals for producing the next generation.

Improvement by Selection

500

The process of removing particular DNA segments and replacing them.

Gene Splicing

500

How did plants get genetically altered to deal with the potato beetle?

The leaves now produce a chemical that is toxic to them.

500

Why are genetic engineering jobs so readily available?

It is a newer field of science.

500

What does PCB stand for?

polychlorinated biphenyl

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