Vocabulary
Genetic Engineering
Stem Cells
Cloning
Gel Electrophoresis
100
What does biotechnology mean?
Bio=life Technology= tools only humans can make
100
Scientists _____________ DNA of an organism with the DNA of another organism to make a modified DNA.
Combine
100
Where are stem cells found?
In an embryo
100
When you clone an organism, its copy is going to be completely__________________
Identical
100
What do you use gel electrophoresis for?
To compare DNA between two organism and see how they are related
200
The structure of DNA that looks like a twisted ladder
Double Helix
200
What is one way genetic engineering help us?
By making medicine
200
What is one concern that people have about using stem cells?
They have to kill embryos to get them
200
True or False: Cloning has only been tested on animals.
False
200
What do scientists use to cut the DNA into sections
Restrictive Enzymes
300
Use DNA from two different organisms to make a new modified organism
Genetic Engineering
300
What is the name of the hormone that is produced through genetic engineering?
Insulin
300
How do scientists get stem cells?
By killing the embryo
300
Name three things scientists have cloned
Animals, plants, and bacteria
300
Name one use of Gel Electrophoresis
Finding how we are related
400
to make a copy of an organism
Cloning
400
How do they make human insulin?
By inserting human DNA into Bacteria DNA
400
What are stem cells?
Cells that have not gone through specialization
400
Why do people think about cloning a human?
It is unethical
400
How can detectives use the blood in a crime scene to find the criminal?
Comparing the DNA found in the blood with the DNA of a suspect
500
Process that separates fragments of DNA based on their size, used to compare DNA
Gel Electrophoresis
500
Why didn't they continued to use animal insulin?
Because our DNA is not very compatible with the DNA of animals
500
Name one way scientists can use stem cells
They can use it to grow and entire new organ
500
Name at least three steps in the process of cloning Dolly
Got a cell from the sheep 1 sheep, removed the nucleus, got an egg from sheep 2, removed its nucleus, inserted the nucleus from sheep 1 into sheep 2's egg
500
Small DNA sections move ___________ and end up at the _____________. Large DNA sections move_____________ and end up at the ______________.
1. faster, bottom 2. slower, top