People
Animals
Inventions
Concepts
Other
100
what is an engineer?
somebody that designs practical / useful things with existing technology
100
What is a zorse
Hybrid of a zebra and horse
100
What machine would you use to check the heart functioning of a patient?
EKG machine
100
what are these fishes examples of?
bioluminescence; An organism's ability to glow in the dark
100
What organization supervises food safety in the USA?
FDA (Federal Drug Administration)
200
Who invented the smallpox vaccine?
Dr. Edward Jenner
200
What animal was used to grow a human ear in the lecture?
a mouse
200
What does a Positron Emission Tomography ( PET) machine look at or examine?
the biochemistry inside and organ or a tissue
200
What factors contributed to increased life expectancy over the past 150 years? Name at least 3
antibiotics
vaccines
better hygiene
200
A temperature increase of 2 C over the next years would lead to:
a. more yields
b. more environmental catastrophes
c. more cloning
d. more biodiversity
B
300
This is:
A. Professor Paul Root Wolpe
B. Dr. Vijay Ramjattan
C. Mr. Toth
D. Professor Saltzman
Professor Paul Root Wolpe
300
What is this?
insect robot / bugbot /Goliath beetle
300
Penicillin is an example of
A: vaccine
B. antibiotic
C. an artificial organ
D. a gene
B
300
What process did humans use to create the most suitable dogs for human companionship?
Selective breeding
300
What was cloned first successfully, lab grown meat ( chicken beef, etc) or lab grown fish?
Lab grown meat (chicken)
400
What did ancient Chinese healers do, according to the lecture?
Created an early for of smallpox vaccine, by blowing infected dead tissues into a patient's nose
400
Who or what is this? What is their significance?
Dolly
First cloned sheep / complex mammal
Proves cloning complex organisms is possible
400
What are Botox and fish skin examples of?
Medical achievements / medical uses of bioengineering over the past few years
400
What evolution stage are we in now, according to Wolpe?
Intentional design, 3rd stage of evolution
400
Why is lab grown fish easier to create than lab grown meat?
Fish has an easier structure / muscle structure / tissue structure to recreate
500
What is PETA and why was it mentioned in the lecture?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; animal rights group, mentioned under ethical concerns about cloning for food
500
What animal's brain was used to create a remote-controllable cart?
Lamprey eel / eel / fish
500
Name an infectious disease that we do not currently have a vaccine for
AIDS
malaria
500
Which of the following is not a mammal
A. Beefalo
B. Lamprey eel
C. Dolly (the sheep)
D. Professor Saltzman
B.
500
People in EU countries accept cloning and biomedical engineering more if
it is for medical purposed and not to produce food for human consumption